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I like to 44 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 5: start with something funny, and I heard about these elderly women. 45 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 5: They were in their late eighties, and they were driving 46 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 5: down the freeway together when they were pulled over by policemen. 47 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 5: The officer asked the driver, ma'am, do you realize you're 48 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 5: only going thirty five miles an hour? She said, yes, Officer, 49 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 5: I realize that. He said, well, why are you going 50 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 5: so slow? She said, because that's what the sign says. 51 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 5: He kind of laughed and said, no, ma'am, that's the 52 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 5: number of the freeway. 53 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 4: This is Highway thirty five. 54 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 5: And by the way, why do these other passengers look 55 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 5: so terrified. She smiled and said, because we just got 56 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 5: off Highway ninety five, saying like you mean it. 57 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 58 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 59 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 60 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 61 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 62 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 63 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about build your altar. 64 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 4: We can all. 65 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,399 Speaker 5: Look back in life and see times where God made away. 66 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 4: He protected us. 67 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 5: From an accident, He sustained us in a slow time, 68 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 5: promoted us when we didn't deserve it, strengthened us when 69 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 5: we were weaker, brought us through that loss. Those weren't 70 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 5: lucky breaks. They weren't just a coincidence. That was the 71 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 5: hand of God. 72 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 4: Protecting you, healing you, favoring you. 73 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 5: In the Old Testament, when these things happened, the people 74 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 5: took time to build an altar to thank God for 75 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 5: what he had done. 76 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 4: They would look back at those altars, and that was 77 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 4: fuel for their faith. 78 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 5: They knew He did it back then, he would do 79 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 5: it again today. We should still be building altars. 80 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 4: It's easy to. 81 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 5: Take things for granted and get so busy that we 82 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:01,839 Speaker 5: don't recognize the blessing of God. Take time to acknowledge 83 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 5: what God has done. You realize he brought you through 84 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 5: the pandemic. Some people didn't make it. He gave you 85 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 5: that person to love. You were at the right place 86 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 5: at the right time. He healed you when it didn't 87 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 5: look good. He opened that door. And now you're further 88 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 5: than you've ever imagined. When you paused to say, God, 89 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 5: I recognize this didn't happen on my own. This is 90 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 5: your goodness. Thank you for your favor, Thank you for 91 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 5: your mercy. Lord I'm grateful for what you've done. That's 92 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 5: building an altar. God told the Israelites in Exodus chapter twenty, 93 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 5: build altars in the places where I remind you who 94 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 5: I am, and I will bless you there. 95 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 4: God will bless you where you built altars. 96 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 5: When you're always thanking God for what he's done, remembering 97 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 5: his goodness, talking about how he's made ways where you 98 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 5: didn't see a way. While you're thanking him, God says. 99 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 4: He will bless you. 100 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 5: You're there to express your gratitude, But when you're at 101 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 5: the altar. 102 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 4: God says, I'll be good to you. 103 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 5: This begs the question, are we not being blessed because 104 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 5: we're not building altars? Are we not seeing favor because 105 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 5: we're not acknowledging God's goodness? 106 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 4: God said, build altars where I'll remind you who I am. 107 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 5: We all have these times where we know it was 108 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 5: the hand of God. That car on the freeway should 109 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 5: have hit you, but somehow, at the last second it missed. 110 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 4: That wasn't a lucky break. 111 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 5: Those were angels assigned to protect you. Take time to 112 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 5: build an altar. That contract at work should have gone. 113 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 4: To three other people. They had more experience they looked 114 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 4: better on paper. 115 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 5: But somehow you were chosen. That was the favor of 116 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 5: God causing you to stand out. Have you built your altar? 117 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 5: I talked to a young couple. They were told that 118 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 5: they couldn't have children. She's taken all the fertility treatments, 119 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 5: nothing more doctors could do. But seven years later, against 120 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 5: all odds, they brought their baby boy. After the service, 121 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 5: at those places where you see the hand of God, 122 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 5: what are you supposed to do? 123 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 4: Just take the blessing and move on. No, build an altar. 124 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 5: Pause for a few minutes to say, God, I recognize 125 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 5: this is your mighty hand at work. I give you 126 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 5: the praise, I give you the honor. When you get 127 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 5: in a habit of building altars, then you'll look back 128 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 5: over your life and see all these times where you 129 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 5: should have been stuck, depressed, defeated. But God stepped in 130 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 5: and did what only he could do. As you see 131 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 5: all these different altars, all the reminders of God's goodness, 132 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 5: that will not only encourage you that God can do 133 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 5: it again. But God says he will bless you at 134 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 5: the altars you build. He'll bless you as you go 135 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:59,359 Speaker 5: back and remember the good things he's done. Genesis chapter six. 136 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 5: God told Noah there was going to be a great flood. 137 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 4: He was to build an arc, a. 138 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 5: Large boat four hundred and fifty feet long, and to 139 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 5: take two of every kind of animals on it. The 140 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 5: floods came forty days forty nights. It rained, wiped out 141 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 5: everything except Noah, his family, and those animals. For over 142 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 5: a year, Noah was on the boat, cooped up with 143 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 5: all the stinky. 144 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 4: Animals, smelly, noisy. 145 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 5: I'm sure he was tired and ready to get off. Finally, 146 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,239 Speaker 5: the waters receded. After three hundred and seventy seven days. 147 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 5: They opened the door to dry ground. Noah and his 148 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 5: family walked out. What is the first thing you would 149 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 5: think Noah would want to do? Have a big party, celebration, 150 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 5: maybe go for a long walk, get away from everyone. 151 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 5: The first thing Noah did was build an altar. He 152 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 5: took time to thank God that they made it. I 153 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 5: can hear his children saying, Dad, we need to find food, 154 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 5: we need to. 155 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 4: Build a shelter. 156 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 5: There were no roads, no crops, no houses, so many 157 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 5: important things to take care of, but Noah said, no, 158 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 5: the first thing we're going to do is thank God 159 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 5: that He's spared our lives. 160 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 4: We're going to build an altar and. 161 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 5: Thank God that we didn't drown, thank him for showing 162 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 5: us mercy, and thank him for his faithfulness. My prayer is, God, 163 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 5: help us to be like Noah when we see your favor, 164 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 5: when you give us the victory, bring us through tough times, 165 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 5: cause us to defeat giants. Let the first thing we 166 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 5: do be build an altar. Let us recognize your goodness, 167 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 5: acknowledge your mercy. Noah took animals he had set aside 168 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 5: and sacrificed them on that altar. 169 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,239 Speaker 4: When God smelled the aroma. 170 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 5: When he heard Noah giving him praise, the scripture says 171 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 5: God promised that he would never flood the earth again. 172 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 4: There are times like with Noah. 173 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 5: When you build that altar, you thank God for what 174 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 5: he's brought you through. God will say you will never 175 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 5: have to go through that again. He will put an 176 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 5: end to what's hindered you get in a habit of 177 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 5: building altars. Today, we don't have to do it physically 178 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 5: like they did. It's simply acknowledging God's goodness. It's taking 179 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 5: time to say Lord, thank you for healing me from 180 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 5: this sickness. 181 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,559 Speaker 4: I know it wasn't just the medicine. God, You're the healer. 182 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 5: Thank you for turning my child around. Thank you for 183 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 5: promoting me when I wasn't next in line. Thank you 184 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 5: for giving me beauty for these ashes. We went through 185 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 5: a two year battle to acquire the Compact Center. This 186 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 5: building was owned by the city. We needed ten council 187 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 5: members to vote for us. We had all ten, but 188 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,559 Speaker 5: two days before the main vote, one of our council 189 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 5: members said he wasn't going to be there. 190 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 4: He received so much pressure. 191 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 5: From the other side, and him not being there meant 192 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 5: that we were one short. But a day before the 193 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 5: main vote, one of the council members that had been 194 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 5: against us for two years suddenly changed his mind and 195 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 5: decided to vote for us. 196 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 4: The vote was on a Wednesday morning. 197 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 5: Victoria and myself and all of our team were there, 198 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 5: plus about one hundred people from Lakewood. We packed the 199 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 5: city council room. They went through the council members one 200 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 5: by one. Do you vote yes or no for Lakewood 201 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 5: having the Compact Center. My heart was beating so fast, 202 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 5: it's very dramatic. They came to the last man. 203 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 4: We had nine. He paused seemed like five minutes. 204 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 5: We were waiting and waiting. He finally looked up and 205 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 5: smiled and said, yes, I vote for them. We got 206 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 5: the building. When the meeting was over ten minutes later, 207 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 5: we all went out on the steps of city Hall 208 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 5: and began. 209 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 4: To thank God. 210 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 5: We didn't plan it, but we started singing praises, declaring 211 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 5: the greatness of our God, thanking him that he made 212 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 5: a way where we didn't see away. 213 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 4: It just came up out of us impromptu. 214 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 5: I'm sure people walking around downtown thought, what are these 215 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 5: people doing? 216 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 4: Singing, shouting, celebrating. 217 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 5: Right, Noah, The first thing we did was build an altar. God, 218 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 5: We recognize your hand of favor. You've opened a door 219 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 5: we never dream would open. You've caused us to defeat 220 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 5: giants right there on the steps of city Hall. 221 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 4: We built that altar. 222 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 5: You can build an altar wherever you are. Your car 223 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 5: can become an altar, Your office can be an altar. 224 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 4: Walking in the park can become an altar. 225 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,319 Speaker 5: At the places that remind you who God is when 226 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 5: he does things that only he can do. Don't just 227 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 5: think war that was nice. Build an altar, acknowledge. 228 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 4: His greatness, Thank him, for his favor. God will bless 229 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 4: you where you built altars. 230 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:05,719 Speaker 5: In the Old Testament, when the people were facing difficulties, 231 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 5: often they would start their prayers by reminding God who 232 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 5: he is and thanking him for what. 233 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 4: He had done. 234 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 5: They would go back and look at their altars the 235 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 5: times in the past where God had made away. 236 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 4: This is what King Jehosaphat did. 237 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,959 Speaker 5: He and the people of Judah were surrounded by three 238 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 5: powerful armies. They were out numbered ten to one. He 239 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 5: called the people together. They met in the courtyard at 240 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 5: their city hall. He looked up to the heavens and said, 241 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 5: Oh Lord, you are powerful and mighty. 242 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 4: No one can stand against you. 243 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 5: Are you not the God that drove the inhabitants out 244 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 5: of this land? Are you not the God that gave 245 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 5: it to our ancestral Abraham? Are you not the God 246 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 5: that provided this temple for us to worship in? They 247 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 5: reminded God of all their past victories. They looked back 248 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,559 Speaker 5: at those altars they had built fueled their faith. They 249 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,319 Speaker 5: knew God did it back then He would do it again. 250 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 4: All of us have some of these? Am I not 251 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 4: the God's stories? 252 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 5: When you look back over your life, you need to 253 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 5: remember what God has done. Am I not the God 254 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 5: that brought you through the pandemic. Am I not the 255 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 5: God that caused that contract to go through? Am I 256 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 5: not the God that puts you at the right place 257 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 5: and you met your spouse. Am I not the God 258 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 5: that turned that child around? Make sure you're building altars, 259 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 5: recognizing his favor, thanking him for his goodness. That's where 260 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 5: He's promised to bless you at the altars you built. 261 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 5: I'm celebrating a birthday today, as you know, and I 262 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 5: finally made it to thirty nine. 263 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 4: You know what I did. 264 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 5: You know what I did early this morning, long before 265 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 5: the sun rose. 266 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 4: I built an altar. God, Thank you for bringing me 267 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 4: through another year. Thank you for giving me favor, opening. 268 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 5: New doors in my family, keeping me healthy, still good looking. Lord, 269 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 5: Thank you for sustaining me. You didn't let my enemies 270 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 5: defeat me. I can say, like David, by this, I 271 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 5: know the Lord is on my side. 272 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 4: My enemies could not take me out. 273 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 5: I look back over my life and see some other 274 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 5: altars I built. Seven years old, I was in a 275 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 5: car accident and injured my hen By the grace of God, 276 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 5: I'm still here, just a little bit crazy. 277 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 4: God helped me. 278 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 5: Survive being raised with my brother Paul. 279 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 4: Another great miracle. 280 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 5: He caused me to walk into a jewelry store and 281 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,359 Speaker 5: meet beautiful, victorious bless me with two amazing children. 282 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 4: When my father passed. 283 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 5: God gave me strength in the storm, help me to 284 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 5: learn how to minister. Now when I face giants tempted 285 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 5: to get discouraged, I can hear God saying, am I 286 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 5: not the God that gave you the compact center. Am 287 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 5: I not the God to change that city council member's mind? 288 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 4: Am I not the God that healed your mother of 289 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 4: terminal cancer? 290 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 5: Am I not the God that pushed back that eighteen 291 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 5: wheeler that was about to run over you? 292 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 4: Am I not the God that promoted you when you 293 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 4: didn't feel qualified, that brought talent out that you didn't 294 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 4: know you had. Look back over your life at all 295 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 4: these places where you should have altars, where God has 296 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 4: done unusual, uncommon things. Don't take them for granted. 297 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 5: Well, Joel, that's great that you're having a birthday, but hey, 298 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 5: everybody has a birthday. It's really no big deal. No, 299 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 5: when you have the right perspective, it is a big deal. 300 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 5: God gave you breath to breathe for another year. He 301 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 5: woke you up this morning. He told your heart to beat. 302 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 5: He's the one that sustained you. He's protected you from 303 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 5: things you know nothing about. The disappointment, the loss. It 304 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 5: may not have been easy, but you're still standing, still healthy, 305 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 5: still blessed. If it had not been for the goodness 306 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 5: of God, where would you be. Sometimes you build an 307 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 5: altar simply for the fact that you're still here. 308 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 4: The enemy couldn't finish you off. 309 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 5: You may be up against some big obstacles, but God 310 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 5: is saying, am I not the God that parted the 311 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 5: red seas. Am I not to God that closed the 312 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 5: mouths of lions? Am I not the God that gave 313 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 5: Sarah a baby at ninety Am I not the God 314 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 5: that has brought you this far, that has protected you, 315 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 5: promoted you, favored you, made ways where you didn't see 316 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 5: your way. When you look back at all those altars, 317 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 5: those places that remind you who God is, and you 318 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 5: thank him for what he's done. God says He'll bless 319 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 5: you at the altars you build. Don't miss out on favor, healing, 320 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 5: protection because you're not building any altars. Take time every 321 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 5: day to thank God for what he's done. Recognize his 322 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 5: goodness in your life. 323 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 4: Genesis, chapter twelve. 324 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 5: God told Abra him that he was going to become 325 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 5: the father of many nations, that his descendants would own 326 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 5: all the land, that he was going to be blessed 327 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:13,160 Speaker 5: and become a great blessing. When Abraham heard this promise, 328 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 5: verse eight says, he built an altar and worship the Lord. 329 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 5: What's interesting is the promise hadn't come to pass. He 330 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 5: wasn't a father, His wife Sarah was still bearing and 331 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 5: didn't have any children. He wasn't greatly blessed. He didn't 332 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:33,439 Speaker 5: own any land. Yet he built an altar simply to 333 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 5: thank God for what he promised. 334 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 4: This is showing us a principle. 335 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 5: Don't wait for the promise to come to pass, but 336 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 5: thank God in advance for what he said he would do. God, 337 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,159 Speaker 5: you said, my children will be mighty in the land. 338 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,959 Speaker 5: There may not be any sign of it. They're off course, 339 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 5: running with the wrong crowd. 340 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:57,359 Speaker 4: Joel. When it becomes a reality, then I'll thank God. No, 341 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 4: do like Abraham. Build your altar now, thank God before 342 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 4: you see the promise. That's what faith is all about. 343 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 4: When God sees you at the altar. When he hears you. 344 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 5: Thanking him, praising him, declaring his goodness, that's when angels 345 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 5: go to work. 346 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 4: That's when doors will. 347 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 5: Open, healing will come, fever is released. Lord, you said 348 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 5: I would lend and not borrow. You said my cup 349 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 5: would run over. You said I would have a bountiful year. 350 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 4: That's the promise. 351 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 5: Now build the altar. Lord, Thank you that you're my provider. 352 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 5: Thank you that you have supernatural increase. Lord, thank you 353 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 5: that you take pleasure in prospering me. Or maybe you're 354 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 5: dealing with an illness. God said he would restore health 355 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 5: back into you. He said he would heal you of 356 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 5: your wounds. Well, when I feel better, I'm gonna build 357 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 5: that altar. He'll build it now. That's what's going to 358 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 5: activate the healing. 359 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 4: Lord. 360 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 5: Thank you that I am healed. Thank you that I 361 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 5: will run and not be weary. That strength, energy, vitality 362 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 5: flowing through me. 363 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 4: Right now. 364 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 5: Abraham left that place where he built the altar and 365 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,360 Speaker 5: traveled to a different area. By this time, he had 366 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 5: become very blessed with cattle, silver, and gold. 367 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 4: He was seeing the promise come to pass. 368 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 5: His nephew, Lot and all of his flocks were there 369 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 5: with him, and the land couldn't support them both. He 370 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 5: told Lot to choose where he wanted to go, and 371 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 5: Abraham would relocate well. Lot chose the best part of 372 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 5: the land, the place with plenty of springs and lush 373 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 5: pastures looked like a garden. Abraham got stuck with just 374 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 5: the opposite. His land was dry, barren, not nearly as desirable. 375 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 4: Didn't seem fair. 376 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 5: Abraham should have gotten to choose, but he took the 377 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 5: high road after this disappointment. After he was having to 378 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 5: start over, God came to him and said, Abraham, look 379 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 5: around for as far. 380 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 4: As you can see. I'm going to give you that 381 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 4: land for you and your descendants. What did Abraham do? 382 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 5: The scripture says he built an altar to the Lord. 383 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 5: Didn't have the land yet. He was discouraged coming off 384 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 5: of disappointment, but he began to thank God for. 385 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 4: What he promised. He knew the power of an altar. 386 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 5: They didn't wait for the fulfillment for the land to 387 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 5: become theirs. They thanked God in advance. God has spoken 388 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 5: promises to all of us. He's whispered things in your 389 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 5: spirit that may seem impossible. How can you accomplish that dream, 390 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 5: How can you get well? How can your family be restored? 391 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 5: You have the promise, Now do your part and build 392 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 5: the altar. Thank God that is on the way. Remind 393 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 5: him of his greatness. Go back over some of your 394 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 5: am I not the God's stories? 395 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 4: Make them personal? 396 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 5: Are you not the God that opened this door I 397 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 5: couldn't open? Are you not the God that prospered me 398 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 5: despite how I was raised? Are you not the God 399 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 5: that freed me from the addiction, that blessed me with 400 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 5: a spouse, that protected me in the pandemic, to turn 401 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 5: my child around, that caused that contract to go through. 402 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 5: When you look back at the altars you built, you 403 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 5: thank God for what he's done. That's fuel for your faith, 404 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 5: that makes it easier to build those altars, looking forward, 405 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 5: thanking God for what He's about to do. Lakewood was 406 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 5: started on Mother's Day in nineteen fifty nine. My parents 407 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 5: were coming off a great disappointment. My father had been 408 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 5: pastoring for many years when they asked him to lead 409 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,479 Speaker 5: the church. They didn't like his new message of faith 410 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 5: and Victorian. My parents were so discouraged they felt the sting. 411 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 4: Of rejection didn't seem fair. 412 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 5: But God wouldn't have allowed the disappointment if he didn't. 413 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 4: Have a purpose for it. 414 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 5: It looked like a setback, but really it was a 415 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 5: set up to move them into a new level of 416 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 5: their destiny. There was a lady that owned an old 417 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 5: Rundown feed store. 418 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,400 Speaker 4: She told my parents and they could use that little 419 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 4: building for a church. 420 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 5: That's where they started Lakewood, never knowing what God was 421 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 5: up to. The truth is they had to be pushed out, 422 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 5: They had to be asked to lead. It was a 423 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 5: part of God's divine plan. And instead of being bitter, 424 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 5: they built an altar. They said God, thank you for 425 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 5: this little building, thank you for this opportunity. They never 426 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 5: dreamed it would be what it is today. Well we 427 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 5: look back now at that altar that was built sixty 428 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 5: four years ago, and we can say, Lord, thank you 429 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 5: for your faithfulness, Thank you for sustaining us. We recognize 430 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 5: we have not done this on our own. 431 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 4: This is your hand of blessing. 432 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:47,360 Speaker 5: When things get difficult, I can hear God's saying, am 433 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 5: I not the God that gave you the feed store? 434 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 4: Am I not the God that sustained you when people 435 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 4: said it wouldn't last? 436 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 5: Am I not the God that took the original ninety 437 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 5: members and multiplied them into thousand. Am I not the 438 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 5: God that turned that disappointment into. 439 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 4: A blessing that would take you into the compact center. 440 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,879 Speaker 5: When you remember what God has done, gives you faith 441 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,679 Speaker 5: to believe for the greater things He has in store. 442 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 4: In the scripture, Jacob was dishonest. 443 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 5: He tricked his father into giving him the blessing that 444 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 5: belonged to his older brother Esau. 445 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 4: He had already cheated. 446 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 5: Esau out of his birthright. When Esau found out about this, 447 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,919 Speaker 5: he was furious. Jacob had to flee for his life. 448 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 5: He went far away and worked for his uncle Laban, 449 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 5: all the while in hiding hoping. 450 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 4: That Esau wouldn't find out. 451 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,719 Speaker 5: Twenty years went by, Jacob wanted to return home. He 452 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 5: didn't know what Esau would think, so he sent messengers 453 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 5: to tell Esau that he wanted to see him. 454 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 4: Esau agreed. Their two parties met on the road. It 455 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 4: was this incredible moment, this drama. 456 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 5: You can imagine how apprehensive Jacob was, thinking this may 457 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 5: be the end. 458 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:03,400 Speaker 4: He may want revenge. 459 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 5: He could wipe me and my whole family out. 460 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 4: The big moment. 461 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 5: Finally, arrived, Esau came up with four hundred men. I'm 462 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 5: sure Jacob thought, oh great, a whole army. Esau walked over, 463 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:18,880 Speaker 5: reached out both arms and hugged Jacob. 464 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 4: He kissed him. They both had tears running down their cheeks. 465 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 5: Esau went and hugged Jacob's wives and their children. There 466 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 5: was little Joseph, Jacob's young son, watching all this take place. 467 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,439 Speaker 5: He'd been so worried. He'd heard about the feud between 468 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 5: his father and Esau. He was expecting the worst, but 469 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 5: he saw his uncle Esau treat his father with such kindness. 470 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 5: Esau told Jacob to follow him and he'd lead the 471 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 5: way home. When Jacob arrived, the scripture says Jacob built 472 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 5: an altar there and named it ll Oh, which means 473 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:02,160 Speaker 5: the Mighty God. Jacob didn't just take it for granted, 474 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 5: think man, I got lucky, though. 475 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 4: He built an altar and said, this was the Mighty God. 476 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 5: This was something greater than I ever imagine. We all 477 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 5: had these times. We can say, like Jacob, that was 478 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 5: the Mighty God getting the compact center, the Mighty God 479 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 5: healing my mother of cancer, the Mighty God freeing you 480 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,439 Speaker 5: from that addiction, the Mighty God turning your child around. 481 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 4: The Mighty God. Yes, you may have some big challenges. 482 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 4: Let me encourage you. 483 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,640 Speaker 5: The Mighty God is still at work. The Mighty God 484 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 5: is still healing. The Mighty God is still parting red seas, 485 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 5: still defeating giants, still raising Lazrath, still opening supernatural doors. 486 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 4: Every morning, when. 487 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 5: Little Joseph would go out, he would see that altar 488 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 5: that his father built out of thanksgiving to God for 489 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 5: resolving the conflict. Fast forward thirty years now, Joseph was 490 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 5: second in command of all of Egypt, the great famine 491 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,719 Speaker 5: in the land. His brothers came to the palace to 492 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,119 Speaker 5: try to buy food. These were the same brothers that 493 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 5: had thrown him into a pit thirteen years earlier, eventually 494 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 5: sold him as a slave. The brothers that were so 495 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 5: jealous that they betrayed him and made his life miserable. 496 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 5: Now they were standing before Joseph, but they didn't recognize him. 497 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 5: This was his big chance to get revenge. He can 498 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 5: finally pay them back. But Joseph's mind went back to 499 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 5: that scene where he saw his uncle forgive his father. 500 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 5: He remembered the altar at their house, always out playing 501 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 5: seeing it that said to him. Am I not the 502 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 5: God that brought peace when you should have had conflict. 503 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 5: Am I not the God that caused Esau to forgive 504 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 5: Am I not the God that showed your father mercy 505 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,959 Speaker 5: for his mistakes, the God who gave him a second chance. 506 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,120 Speaker 4: Joseph could have gotten revenge. 507 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 5: Instead, he treated his brothers like Esau treated his father. 508 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 5: He forgave them, He was kind, He had them all 509 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 5: come to Egypt and live with him. When you're constantly 510 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 5: building altars, recognizing God's goodness, thanking him for what he's done, it's. 511 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 4: Not just affecting you. It's affecting your children, your grandchildren. 512 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 4: What if Jacob had not built that altar? What if 513 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:27,440 Speaker 4: he had thought? 514 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 5: Man, I was just lucky Esau didn't destroy me. I'm 515 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 5: glad he's in a good mood. Wouldn't be talking about Jacob, 516 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:38,400 Speaker 5: probably wouldn't be talking about Joseph. Are you missing blessings, 517 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:43,199 Speaker 5: favor breakthroughs because you're not building an altar? At the 518 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 5: place you build an altar, God says he's going to 519 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 5: bless you. My challenge to us is, let's build a 520 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 5: lot of altars. Be aware of the goodness of God 521 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:53,640 Speaker 5: in your life. 522 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 4: Take time every day to thank him. 523 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 5: Look back at the great things He's done, where you 524 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 5: saw the Mighty God at work doing what only he 525 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 5: can do. 526 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,400 Speaker 4: Remember those. Am I not the God moments? 527 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 5: Am I not the God that healed you, that freed you, 528 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 5: that promoted you, that sustained you. 529 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 4: If you'll build your. 530 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,959 Speaker 5: Altars, I believe and declare you're going to see the 531 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 5: Mighty God do things you've never dreamed. Supernatural doors are 532 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 5: about to open, healing, provision, restoration, the fullness of your 533 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:32,159 Speaker 5: destiny in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, can. 534 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 4: You say amen? 535 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 5: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 536 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 5: the Lord of your life. 537 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 538 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 539 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. 540 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 541 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 5: born again. 542 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 4: We love to send you some free information on your 543 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 4: new walk with the Lord. You can text the number 544 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 4: on the screen or go to the website, and I 545 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 4: hope you'll get into a good Bible based church and 546 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 4: keep God first place. 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