1 00:00:00,409 --> 00:00:02,990 Speaker 1: Hey, thanks again for being with us today. Always my 2 00:00:03,190 --> 00:00:05,350 Speaker 1: honor to be able to share God's word with you 3 00:00:05,370 --> 00:00:08,150 Speaker 1: and hopefully inspire you and encourage you. If you're enjoying 4 00:00:08,180 --> 00:00:10,260 Speaker 1: the podcast, I hope you'll share it with a friend, 5 00:00:10,460 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: pass it along. Let's inspire some other people as well, 6 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: but know that we love you. It's going to be 7 00:00:15,020 --> 00:00:16,060 Speaker 1: a blessed day for you. 8 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 2: Well, God bless you. 9 00:00:18,260 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 3: It's a joy to come into your homes. If you're 10 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,300 Speaker 3: ever in our area, please stop by and be a 11 00:00:23,340 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 3: part of one of our services. I promise you, we'll 12 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 3: make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 13 00:00:28,250 --> 00:00:30,910 Speaker 3: for tuning in today and thank you again for coming out. 14 00:00:31,590 --> 00:00:33,970 Speaker 2: I'd like to start with something funny. I heard about 15 00:00:33,990 --> 00:00:36,370 Speaker 2: this pastor. He was new in town. 16 00:00:36,750 --> 00:00:39,269 Speaker 3: He was going door to door, inviting people to come 17 00:00:39,290 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 3: to his church. He knocked on this one door and 18 00:00:42,409 --> 00:00:45,060 Speaker 3: he could tell someone was home, but nobody would answer 19 00:00:45,100 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 3: the door. 20 00:00:46,140 --> 00:00:48,220 Speaker 2: He took his card out and he wrote on the. 21 00:00:48,180 --> 00:00:52,540 Speaker 3: Back, the scripture reference, Revelation 3.20, left it on the door. 22 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,330 Speaker 3: The next Sunday after service, an usher handed him the 23 00:00:56,370 --> 00:00:58,910 Speaker 3: same card under what he had written. 24 00:00:59,030 --> 00:01:02,100 Speaker 2: Was the scripture reference, Genesis 3.10. 25 00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:05,950 Speaker 3: Here's what they say, the pastor's words, Revelation 3.20, behold, 26 00:01:06,130 --> 00:01:09,090 Speaker 3: I stand at the door and knock. If anyone answers, 27 00:01:09,230 --> 00:01:13,250 Speaker 3: I will come in. The reply was Genesis 3.10. It says, 28 00:01:13,770 --> 00:01:16,830 Speaker 3: I heard your voice, but I was afraid because I 29 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:21,220 Speaker 3: was naked. Hold up your Bible. Say it like you 30 00:01:21,230 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 3: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 31 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 3: says I am. I have what it says I have. 32 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 3: I can do what it says I can do. Today, 33 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 3: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 34 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 3: confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I 35 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 3: will never be the same in Jesus name. 36 00:01:39,980 --> 00:01:40,819 Speaker 2: God bless you. 37 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about keeping your 38 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,750 Speaker 3: vision in front of you. Studies tell us that we 39 00:01:47,810 --> 00:01:51,850 Speaker 3: move toward what we consistently see. You need to keep 40 00:01:51,970 --> 00:01:55,630 Speaker 3: something in front of you, even if it's symbolic, that 41 00:01:55,690 --> 00:01:59,780 Speaker 3: reminds you of what God has promised. If you're single 42 00:01:59,940 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 3: and have a desire to get married, put an empty 43 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,860 Speaker 3: photo album on your table at home. That's where you're 44 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,140 Speaker 3: going to put your wedding pictures. When you see it, 45 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 3: you're moving toward it. A friend of mine has a 46 00:02:11,430 --> 00:02:15,010 Speaker 3: dream to travel the world and minister. Comes from a 47 00:02:15,070 --> 00:02:19,980 Speaker 3: small town didn't have any connections, no invitations, but he 48 00:02:20,020 --> 00:02:22,139 Speaker 3: went and bought a piece of luggage. 49 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 2: And kept it in his closet. 50 00:02:24,340 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 3: Every time he sees it, he thanks God that he's 51 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:28,540 Speaker 3: going to open up new doors. 52 00:02:29,460 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 2: What's happening? 53 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:34,350 Speaker 3: His faith is being increased. His vision is being enlarged. 54 00:02:34,530 --> 00:02:37,419 Speaker 3: He's moving toward it. And some of you are not 55 00:02:37,580 --> 00:02:41,060 Speaker 3: seeing God's best, not because you don't have the faith, 56 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,810 Speaker 3: the talent, the determination, but because you're not keeping the 57 00:02:45,870 --> 00:02:49,330 Speaker 3: right things in front of you. If you can't see 58 00:02:49,370 --> 00:02:53,850 Speaker 3: your vision, you're not moving toward it. All over your house, 59 00:02:54,470 --> 00:02:58,820 Speaker 3: you should have pictures up that inspire you, scripture verses 60 00:02:58,860 --> 00:03:04,209 Speaker 3: that encourage you, mementos that strengthen your faith. Maybe it's 61 00:03:04,250 --> 00:03:06,829 Speaker 3: a key on your key ring for the new house 62 00:03:06,870 --> 00:03:10,030 Speaker 3: you're going to buy. Somebody asks you, what's this extra 63 00:03:10,070 --> 00:03:12,370 Speaker 3: key for? That's for the house that's on its way. 64 00:03:13,250 --> 00:03:17,620 Speaker 3: Whatever you're believing for, whatever you're dreaming about, keep something 65 00:03:17,780 --> 00:03:20,459 Speaker 3: in front of you that reminds you of what God 66 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:24,339 Speaker 3: has promised. We see this principle in the scripture. When 67 00:03:24,380 --> 00:03:28,300 Speaker 3: Zerubbabel wanted to rebuild the temple, he went and laid 68 00:03:28,340 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 3: the foundation, but people came against him and forced him 69 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,940 Speaker 3: to stop. For 10 years, no work could be done. 70 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,670 Speaker 3: Zachariah the prophet came by, told him to do something interesting. 71 00:03:40,370 --> 00:03:44,670 Speaker 3: He said, go get the headstone. The headstone was the 72 00:03:44,750 --> 00:03:48,210 Speaker 3: stone that was reserved as the final piece of. 73 00:03:48,250 --> 00:03:53,140 Speaker 2: Stone for the building. It was symbolic. It represented the 74 00:03:53,180 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 2: finished product. 75 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,460 Speaker 3: Why was it important that he keep the headstone in 76 00:03:57,500 --> 00:04:00,650 Speaker 3: front of him? Because every time he looked at it, 77 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,540 Speaker 3: it reminded him that God would finish what he started. 78 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:08,780 Speaker 3: When Zerubbabel was tempted to get tired and discouraged, he 79 00:04:08,820 --> 00:04:11,780 Speaker 3: would go look at that headstone. That was God saying 80 00:04:11,820 --> 00:04:14,330 Speaker 3: to him, I'm still on the throne. I'm going to 81 00:04:14,350 --> 00:04:17,570 Speaker 3: do what I promised, just stay in faith. Let me 82 00:04:17,670 --> 00:04:20,630 Speaker 3: ask you, do you have your headstone in front of you? 83 00:04:21,150 --> 00:04:24,250 Speaker 3: Do you have something that represents the final piece to 84 00:04:24,270 --> 00:04:27,980 Speaker 3: your dreams? I know a couple that had a son 85 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 3: that was not doing right. For years, he would not 86 00:04:31,740 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 3: speak to his parents, very off course. They went and 87 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 3: bought a Bible and had his name engraved on it, 88 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:40,500 Speaker 3: put it on their coffee table. 89 00:04:41,060 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 2: That was their headstone. 90 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,500 Speaker 3: Every time they saw it, they thought he's coming back. 91 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,050 Speaker 2: It's just a matter of time. 92 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,810 Speaker 3: Today, I see that young man at our services all 93 00:04:50,850 --> 00:04:53,170 Speaker 3: the time holding up that same Bible. 94 00:04:54,370 --> 00:04:55,529 Speaker 2: My brother-in-law, Kevin. 95 00:04:56,589 --> 00:04:59,690 Speaker 3: Kevin is a twin. Growing up, he loved having a 96 00:04:59,750 --> 00:05:03,430 Speaker 3: twin sister. That was always his dream to have twins. 97 00:05:04,110 --> 00:05:06,219 Speaker 3: He and my sister Lisa tried to have a baby 98 00:05:06,300 --> 00:05:10,060 Speaker 3: for many years with no success. Lisa went through all 99 00:05:10,100 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 3: the fertility treatments, had several surgeries, but still no baby. 100 00:05:14,620 --> 00:05:17,690 Speaker 3: They were discouraged. Didn't look like it was going to happen. 101 00:05:18,630 --> 00:05:20,770 Speaker 3: One day, Kevin went out to the mailbox to get 102 00:05:20,810 --> 00:05:24,500 Speaker 3: his mail. There was a small package in it. He 103 00:05:24,580 --> 00:05:28,270 Speaker 3: noticed the return address said Huggies. He thought that's strange, 104 00:05:28,290 --> 00:05:31,190 Speaker 3: hadn't ordered anything from Huggies. He opened it up and 105 00:05:31,230 --> 00:05:34,690 Speaker 3: there were two diapers in it. They were doing a promotion, 106 00:05:34,770 --> 00:05:38,710 Speaker 3: sending out samples of their product. Kevin could have dismissed it. 107 00:05:38,940 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 2: Don't need that. 108 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 3: Don't have any babies. No, he took that as a 109 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:46,020 Speaker 3: sign from God. When he saw those two diapers, something 110 00:05:46,060 --> 00:05:49,650 Speaker 3: came alive on the inside. He ran and told Lisa, 111 00:05:49,930 --> 00:05:53,050 Speaker 3: we just got the first two diapers for our new babies. 112 00:05:53,870 --> 00:05:56,830 Speaker 3: He wrote the date on those diapers and put them 113 00:05:57,050 --> 00:06:01,110 Speaker 3: on his desk at home. Month after month, he saw 114 00:06:01,150 --> 00:06:03,070 Speaker 3: those diapers again and again. 115 00:06:03,660 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 2: When you see. 116 00:06:04,420 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 3: Something long enough, It gets into your subconscious mind and 117 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,460 Speaker 3: it eventually drops down into your spirit where you know 118 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 3: that you know it's going to happen. One day, unexpectedly, 119 00:06:17,900 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 3: an old friend called and asked if they would be 120 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 3: interested in adopting a baby. They said, we sure would. 121 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,860 Speaker 3: She said, well, how about two babies? These are twin 122 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,460 Speaker 3: girls that are about to be born. And today Lisa 123 00:06:30,540 --> 00:06:34,620 Speaker 3: and Kevin have their twins. They're 15 years old, as 124 00:06:34,660 --> 00:06:35,780 Speaker 3: beautiful as can be. 125 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:39,179 Speaker 2: Maybe you're believing to have a baby. 126 00:06:39,740 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 3: Why don't you go buy a baby's outfit, put it 127 00:06:42,260 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 3: in your closet where you can see it all through 128 00:06:44,740 --> 00:06:45,100 Speaker 3: the day. 129 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,690 Speaker 2: Keep your vision in front of you. Friend of mine 130 00:06:48,860 --> 00:06:50,140 Speaker 2: was believing to have a child. 131 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:54,860 Speaker 3: She decorated her whole baby's room. She painted it, bought 132 00:06:54,900 --> 00:06:57,979 Speaker 3: the bed, the stroller, spent all this time, energy, money. 133 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 3: Her friends thought she was a little far out preparing 134 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 3: a baby's room with no baby on the way. But 135 00:07:05,820 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 3: she understood this principle. You are moving toward what you 136 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 3: consistently see. 137 00:07:11,510 --> 00:07:14,750 Speaker 2: A year went by, no baby. Two years, three years, 138 00:07:14,950 --> 00:07:15,890 Speaker 2: even 10 years. 139 00:07:16,390 --> 00:07:19,870 Speaker 3: She didn't get discouraged. She just kept thanking God. 140 00:07:19,710 --> 00:07:21,130 Speaker 2: That her baby was on the way. 141 00:07:22,210 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 3: All through the day, when she walked by her baby's room, 142 00:07:25,580 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 3: that seed was taking root. Didn't look like anything was happening, 143 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 3: but she was moving toward it. Some 20 years later, 144 00:07:33,420 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 3: she gave birth, not to one baby, but to two. 145 00:07:36,140 --> 00:07:39,830 Speaker 2: She had twins as well. Is there anything. 146 00:07:40,950 --> 00:07:44,750 Speaker 3: That you see every day that reminds you of what 147 00:07:44,770 --> 00:07:49,060 Speaker 3: you're believing for something that inspires you that ignites your 148 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:52,470 Speaker 3: faith Proverbs 29 18. 149 00:07:51,900 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 2: Says where there is no vision. 150 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:59,300 Speaker 3: The people perish With no vision you'll get stuck This 151 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 3: is the reason many people have. 152 00:08:00,740 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 2: Lost their passion. 153 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 3: They don't have anything in front of them that reminds 154 00:08:05,190 --> 00:08:08,740 Speaker 3: them of what god has promised for instance If you're 155 00:08:08,780 --> 00:08:12,430 Speaker 3: believing to move into a nicer house, find a picture 156 00:08:12,530 --> 00:08:14,770 Speaker 3: of the house you really want and put it on 157 00:08:14,810 --> 00:08:15,690 Speaker 3: your bathroom mirror. 158 00:08:16,390 --> 00:08:18,010 Speaker 2: Let that seed take root. 159 00:08:18,830 --> 00:08:21,750 Speaker 3: If you're believing to go to a certain college, buy 160 00:08:21,790 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 3: the t-shirt and wear it around. Get the coffee mug 161 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 3: with their logo, put it. 162 00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:29,140 Speaker 2: On your counter every time you wear the shirt. 163 00:08:29,780 --> 00:08:33,079 Speaker 3: See the picture. See the baby's outfit. Say, God, I 164 00:08:33,340 --> 00:08:35,780 Speaker 3: want to thank you that you're bringing my dreams to pass. 165 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 3: Let that be a reminder of what God has promised you. 166 00:08:40,100 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 3: I learned this principle from my father. He and my 167 00:08:42,940 --> 00:08:48,450 Speaker 3: mother started Lakewood Church in 1959 in an old, run-down. 168 00:08:48,850 --> 00:08:52,090 Speaker 2: Abandoned feed store. They had 90 members. 169 00:08:52,850 --> 00:08:56,530 Speaker 3: A few years later, my father named the church Lakewood 170 00:08:56,990 --> 00:09:02,070 Speaker 3: International Outreach Center. put a big blue sign out front. 171 00:09:02,630 --> 00:09:06,309 Speaker 3: The sign cost more than the building. The truth is 172 00:09:06,990 --> 00:09:11,030 Speaker 3: they were not an international outreach center. They were a 173 00:09:11,130 --> 00:09:15,890 Speaker 3: small neighborhood church with 90 people. But when my father 174 00:09:15,950 --> 00:09:18,970 Speaker 3: drove up to that building and saw that sign. 175 00:09:19,250 --> 00:09:22,650 Speaker 2: His vision was being increased. He was moving toward it. 176 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 3: Every week when those 90 members saw that sign again 177 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,530 Speaker 3: and again, something was being birthed on the inside. 178 00:09:31,030 --> 00:09:34,250 Speaker 2: Seeds of increase were taking root. Do you know what 179 00:09:34,309 --> 00:09:35,250 Speaker 2: Lakewood is today? 180 00:09:35,610 --> 00:09:49,420 Speaker 3: An international outreach center touching the world. Growing up, my 181 00:09:49,470 --> 00:09:53,170 Speaker 3: father always kept a globe on his desk at home. 182 00:09:53,809 --> 00:09:56,290 Speaker 3: At the old church, there was a big world map 183 00:09:56,450 --> 00:09:59,130 Speaker 3: up on the wall. Daddy had a globe behind him 184 00:09:59,190 --> 00:10:02,059 Speaker 3: when he spoke. He always had the world on his mind. 185 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,660 Speaker 3: At one conference, people came from 150 different countries. 186 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 2: It looked like the world nations. What am I saying? 187 00:10:10,059 --> 00:10:12,900 Speaker 2: What you keep in front of you, you are moving toward. 188 00:10:13,660 --> 00:10:14,620 Speaker 2: Now let me challenge you. 189 00:10:14,990 --> 00:10:18,590 Speaker 3: Don't have a small vision for your life. You are 190 00:10:18,650 --> 00:10:21,990 Speaker 3: not inconveniencing God by believing big. 191 00:10:22,750 --> 00:10:24,309 Speaker 2: In fact, it's just the opposite. 192 00:10:24,770 --> 00:10:27,930 Speaker 3: When you believe to do something great, when you believe 193 00:10:27,970 --> 00:10:30,850 Speaker 3: to set a new standard for your family, when you 194 00:10:30,890 --> 00:10:33,429 Speaker 3: take the limits off of God and say, God, I 195 00:10:33,450 --> 00:10:36,050 Speaker 3: don't see a way, but I know you have a way. 196 00:10:36,410 --> 00:10:39,339 Speaker 3: So I'm gonna believe to have these twins. I'm gonna 197 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 3: believe that my business, my charity will impact the world. 198 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,969 Speaker 3: I'm gonna believe to be totally healthy and whole. When 199 00:10:47,010 --> 00:10:51,790 Speaker 3: you believe big like that, you please God. My father 200 00:10:51,850 --> 00:10:56,010 Speaker 3: could have put on that sign, Lakewood Community Church. Nothing 201 00:10:56,050 --> 00:10:59,290 Speaker 3: wrong with that, but God had put something bigger in 202 00:10:59,330 --> 00:11:03,030 Speaker 3: his heart. He could have looked at the circumstances, thought 203 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:06,420 Speaker 3: we're just 90 people. We got this old rundown building. 204 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 3: We don't have any influence, any money, any connections. We'll 205 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 3: never do anything great. If he'd have thought that, we 206 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:15,239 Speaker 3: wouldn't be here today. Listen, it doesn't matter what it 207 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,939 Speaker 3: looks like in the natural. We serve a supernatural God. 208 00:11:19,300 --> 00:11:23,420 Speaker 3: He is not limited by your resources, by your education, 209 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:24,250 Speaker 3: by your. 210 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,530 Speaker 2: Background, by your nationality. 211 00:11:27,490 --> 00:11:30,229 Speaker 3: If you will keep a big vision in front of you, 212 00:11:30,870 --> 00:11:33,810 Speaker 3: God will not only do what you're dreaming about, but 213 00:11:33,850 --> 00:11:36,829 Speaker 3: he'll supersize it. He'll do more than you can ask 214 00:11:36,910 --> 00:11:39,890 Speaker 3: or think. Few years after my father went to be 215 00:11:39,950 --> 00:11:42,510 Speaker 3: with the Lord, I stepped up to pastor the church. 216 00:11:42,870 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 3: I had a desire to write a book. My father 217 00:11:45,910 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 3: had written many books and they were all translated into Spanish. 218 00:11:50,220 --> 00:11:52,820 Speaker 3: I had a copy of my father's most popular book 219 00:11:53,220 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 3: in English and in Spanish on a bookshelf at home. 220 00:11:57,470 --> 00:11:59,770 Speaker 3: I kept that in front of me knowing that one 221 00:11:59,830 --> 00:12:01,589 Speaker 3: day at the right time, I was going to write 222 00:12:01,610 --> 00:12:05,290 Speaker 3: a book. My dream was is that it too would 223 00:12:05,330 --> 00:12:09,540 Speaker 3: be translated into Spanish. And that was really stretching my faith, 224 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 3: because I never thought that I could get up here 225 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 3: and minister, and especially never thought that I could write 226 00:12:14,740 --> 00:12:17,740 Speaker 3: a book that would be translated into another language. 227 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:19,260 Speaker 2: A year went. 228 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 3: By and had no book, no opportunity. Two years, three years, 229 00:12:23,179 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 3: four years. Would have been easy for me to lose 230 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,860 Speaker 3: my passion and think that it was never going to happen. 231 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 3: But I had my father's book strategically placed on a 232 00:12:33,540 --> 00:12:36,980 Speaker 3: bookshelf right outside of my closet. To get to the 233 00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:39,390 Speaker 3: other places in the house, I had to pass by it. 234 00:12:40,230 --> 00:12:43,270 Speaker 3: I had seen that book no doubt thousands of times. 235 00:12:44,070 --> 00:12:48,309 Speaker 3: Maybe not even consciously, but subconsciously, I was. 236 00:12:48,270 --> 00:12:49,089 Speaker 2: Moving toward it. 237 00:12:49,070 --> 00:12:53,179 Speaker 3: 2004, I wrote my first book and called it Your 238 00:12:53,220 --> 00:12:57,150 Speaker 3: Best Life Now. When the publisher read the manuscript, He 239 00:12:57,210 --> 00:13:00,550 Speaker 3: called back and said, we've decided to publish it in 240 00:13:00,670 --> 00:13:05,220 Speaker 3: Spanish at the same time we publish it in English. Normally, 241 00:13:05,940 --> 00:13:08,620 Speaker 3: they wait a little while to see if anybody likes 242 00:13:08,660 --> 00:13:11,559 Speaker 3: the book, but that's the way our God is. 243 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 2: His dream for your life is bigger than your own dream. 244 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,069 Speaker 3: If you will stay in faith, God is going to 245 00:13:18,190 --> 00:13:22,170 Speaker 3: supersize what you're believing for. My vision was that my 246 00:13:22,230 --> 00:13:25,570 Speaker 3: book would at least be translated into Spanish. Do you 247 00:13:25,590 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 3: know it was not only translated in Spanish, but German, French, Russian, Swahili. 248 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 2: Almost 50 other languages. 249 00:13:35,140 --> 00:13:39,660 Speaker 3: Friends, if you will keep your vision in front of you, 250 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 3: a big vision, and not talk yourself out of it, 251 00:13:43,330 --> 00:13:46,950 Speaker 3: but just keep honoring God, being your best, then God 252 00:13:47,090 --> 00:13:50,189 Speaker 3: is going to supersize what you're dreaming about. He's going 253 00:13:50,210 --> 00:13:54,420 Speaker 3: to do exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. I saw an 254 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,740 Speaker 3: article in the newspaper several years ago about a man 255 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:03,380 Speaker 3: that gave a $ 100 million gift to a university. I 256 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,949 Speaker 3: cut the article out and put it on my desk. 257 00:14:06,550 --> 00:14:08,610 Speaker 3: Every time I see it, I say, God. 258 00:14:08,929 --> 00:14:11,369 Speaker 2: You did it for a university. You can do it 259 00:14:11,410 --> 00:14:12,110 Speaker 2: for a ministry. 260 00:14:12,690 --> 00:14:14,450 Speaker 3: We could help a lot of people with an extra 261 00:14:14,450 --> 00:14:18,670 Speaker 3: $ 100 million. If you can accomplish your dreams in your 262 00:14:18,770 --> 00:14:22,530 Speaker 3: own strength, your own talent, with your own resources, then 263 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:26,330 Speaker 3: your dreams are too small. You got to enlarge your vision. 264 00:14:26,870 --> 00:14:30,850 Speaker 3: Your destiny is too great. Your assignment too important to 265 00:14:30,890 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 3: have little goals, little dreams, little plans. Keep something big 266 00:14:36,380 --> 00:14:39,780 Speaker 3: in front of you. A friend of mine feeds a 267 00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:44,790 Speaker 3: million children every day. He and his wife sponsor orphanages 268 00:14:44,850 --> 00:14:49,050 Speaker 3: and feeding programs to help one million children a day. 269 00:14:49,510 --> 00:14:52,180 Speaker 3: That's what I keep in front of me. God, you 270 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:53,140 Speaker 3: did it for them. 271 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:54,500 Speaker 2: You can do it for us. 272 00:14:54,860 --> 00:14:59,020 Speaker 3: God, let our family impact millions of children. In our 273 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,910 Speaker 3: kitchen at home, we have pictures of some of the 274 00:15:01,970 --> 00:15:05,730 Speaker 3: children that we support through our partnership with World Vision. 275 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 3: Every time we're in the kitchen, getting a snack, eating dinner, 276 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,590 Speaker 3: we see those pictures. Lord, thank you for helping us 277 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:16,490 Speaker 3: to make a difference. We're moving toward it. Well, Joel, 278 00:15:16,590 --> 00:15:19,670 Speaker 3: I can't even imagine ever doing that. A million kids, 279 00:15:20,010 --> 00:15:22,170 Speaker 3: I can't imagine. 280 00:15:21,490 --> 00:15:24,630 Speaker 2: Being that blessed. Don't worry, you won't be. 281 00:15:25,270 --> 00:15:27,490 Speaker 3: If you don't have a vision for it, it's not 282 00:15:27,510 --> 00:15:30,650 Speaker 3: going to come to pass. Now, let me encourage you. 283 00:15:32,100 --> 00:15:35,350 Speaker 3: Some things seem far out. It seems very unlikely, but 284 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 3: don't ever say. 285 00:15:36,660 --> 00:15:38,090 Speaker 2: I can't imagine that. 286 00:15:39,250 --> 00:15:42,250 Speaker 3: You see somebody that's really fit, really energetic. You're trying 287 00:15:42,290 --> 00:15:45,650 Speaker 3: to lose some weight. I can't even imagine looking like them. 288 00:15:46,610 --> 00:15:49,570 Speaker 3: Drive through a nice neighborhood, a beautiful house. I can't 289 00:15:49,650 --> 00:15:53,180 Speaker 3: imagine living in a house like that. I can't imagine 290 00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 3: owning my own business. I can't imagine publishing a book. Listen, 291 00:15:57,100 --> 00:16:00,570 Speaker 3: you are being limited by your own imagination. You got 292 00:16:00,590 --> 00:16:04,290 Speaker 3: to change what you're seeing. Do not let the enemy 293 00:16:04,450 --> 00:16:08,490 Speaker 3: paint the pictures in your mind. Use your imagination to 294 00:16:08,590 --> 00:16:18,380 Speaker 3: see yourself rising higher, accomplishing your dreams, overcoming obstacles, blessed, prosperous, healthy, strong, redeemed. 295 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 2: Forgiven, well-abled. 296 00:16:21,420 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 3: I don't say this arrogantly, but I can imagine my 297 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 3: book being translated into every language. I can imagine somebody 298 00:16:28,940 --> 00:16:32,380 Speaker 3: handing us that $ 100 million check. 299 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 2: It feels really good. How about another one? 300 00:16:40,140 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 3: I can imagine us touching a million children every day. 301 00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 3: Not only that, I can imagine you fulfilling your destiny. 302 00:16:48,830 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 3: I can imagine you totally out of debt I can 303 00:16:52,030 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 3: imagine you healthy, whole, free. I can imagine you leading 304 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,860 Speaker 3: your company. I can imagine you living in your dream house. 305 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 3: I can imagine you blessing the world, being a history maker, 306 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 3: setting a new standard for your family. 307 00:17:07,290 --> 00:17:09,210 Speaker 2: Now I'm asking you to. 308 00:17:09,130 --> 00:17:12,770 Speaker 3: Not only have it in your imagination, but keep something 309 00:17:12,930 --> 00:17:15,690 Speaker 3: in front of you that reminds you of what God 310 00:17:15,730 --> 00:17:19,149 Speaker 3: has promised. I know a man, he works in the 311 00:17:19,290 --> 00:17:24,139 Speaker 3: oil industry. a faithful member, always giving, serving, helping others. 312 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,980 Speaker 3: He started his company with just him and one assistant. 313 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 2: It's grown and grown. 314 00:17:29,780 --> 00:17:33,700 Speaker 3: They specialize in drilling for oil. He provides the crew 315 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:37,420 Speaker 3: the equipment. He was spending all of his time traveling 316 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,810 Speaker 3: to the different sites, checking on the location on the crew. 317 00:17:41,490 --> 00:17:45,470 Speaker 3: One day, he saw a competitor of his flying in 318 00:17:45,890 --> 00:17:50,139 Speaker 3: on their own company airplane. They were doing what he did, 319 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 3: but in a fraction of the time. God dropped a 320 00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:56,550 Speaker 3: dream in his heart that one day he could own 321 00:17:56,609 --> 00:17:58,010 Speaker 3: his own company plane. 322 00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:01,180 Speaker 2: You got to understand this was very far out for him. 323 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:05,300 Speaker 3: He grew up in a family that lived paycheck to paycheck, 324 00:18:05,619 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 3: barely getting by. He had already broken out of the mold, 325 00:18:10,140 --> 00:18:13,609 Speaker 3: but when he told his family, his relatives that he 326 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:17,210 Speaker 3: was believing to own his own company plane, they thought 327 00:18:17,290 --> 00:18:20,939 Speaker 3: that he had lost his mind. They couldn't imagine it, 328 00:18:21,450 --> 00:18:26,649 Speaker 3: but he could. Sometimes your family won't be your biggest cheerleaders. 329 00:18:27,190 --> 00:18:29,710 Speaker 3: They may not encourage you. You got to listen to 330 00:18:29,750 --> 00:18:30,670 Speaker 3: what God's. 331 00:18:30,390 --> 00:18:32,970 Speaker 2: Telling you and not what people are telling you. 332 00:18:33,350 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 3: People may try to talk you out of what God 333 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:39,940 Speaker 3: put in your heart. He went out and bought a 334 00:18:39,980 --> 00:18:42,740 Speaker 3: little model of the airplane he was hoping to buy, 335 00:18:42,859 --> 00:18:46,220 Speaker 3: just a $ 20 replica and placed it on his desk. 336 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:48,780 Speaker 3: People would come in and say, what's that airplane doing 337 00:18:48,820 --> 00:18:50,959 Speaker 3: on your desk? He'd say, that's the airplane I'm going 338 00:18:50,980 --> 00:18:53,620 Speaker 3: to use to fly around, check on our business. Year 339 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 3: after year, he kept that vision in front of him. 340 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 3: One day, the competitor that he had seen flying around, 341 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 3: an older gentleman, showed up unexpectedly at his office. He said, 342 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,110 Speaker 3: I'm about to retire and I'd like to sell you 343 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:13,030 Speaker 3: my airplane. Well, he had this big, beautiful airplane that 344 00:19:13,070 --> 00:19:17,010 Speaker 3: held 12 people. This man was just hoping and believing 345 00:19:17,050 --> 00:19:20,109 Speaker 3: for this little two-seater, a used airplane. He kind of 346 00:19:20,150 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 3: laughed and said, boy, I appreciate the opportunity, but I 347 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:24,740 Speaker 3: don't have those kinds of funds. 348 00:19:24,820 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 2: I can't afford that. 349 00:19:26,369 --> 00:19:28,710 Speaker 3: The man said, sure you can. You don't have to 350 00:19:28,750 --> 00:19:32,360 Speaker 3: put anything down. If you'll just take over the monthly payments, 351 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 3: you can have this plane. 352 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,380 Speaker 2: He got this big, beautiful. 353 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 3: Airplane at a fraction of its value. Today he flies 354 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 3: all over the world. He said, Joel, God has blessed 355 00:19:42,980 --> 00:19:44,909 Speaker 3: me beyond my wildest dreams. 356 00:19:45,550 --> 00:19:46,409 Speaker 2: Here's what I'm saying. 357 00:19:47,910 --> 00:19:51,199 Speaker 3: When you keep your vision in front of you, that. 358 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,340 Speaker 2: Is your faith being released That's why the. 359 00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:58,460 Speaker 3: Scripture uses such strong language where there's no vision people 360 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:03,300 Speaker 3: perish with no vision Your dreams will die if you 361 00:20:03,340 --> 00:20:06,540 Speaker 3: can't see what God's promised you you will miss the 362 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,629 Speaker 3: incredible things God wants to do and Now let me 363 00:20:09,690 --> 00:20:12,750 Speaker 3: make it more practical. You probably don't need an airplane. 364 00:20:13,170 --> 00:20:16,350 Speaker 3: Maybe you need to lose 30 pounds. Why don't you 365 00:20:16,390 --> 00:20:19,370 Speaker 3: put a picture up on your bathroom mirror of you 366 00:20:19,369 --> 00:20:22,740 Speaker 3: 30 pounds lighter? And every day when you see it, 367 00:20:23,310 --> 00:20:25,510 Speaker 3: don't get depressed and think, I wish I still look 368 00:20:25,550 --> 00:20:27,689 Speaker 3: like that. No, Father, I want to thank you that 369 00:20:27,730 --> 00:20:33,350 Speaker 3: I'm losing this weight, that I'm healthy, fit, in shape, energetic, well. 370 00:20:33,230 --> 00:20:37,470 Speaker 2: Able, attractive. Let a new image take root. 371 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:41,030 Speaker 3: When my father was about to have open heart surgery, 372 00:20:41,550 --> 00:20:43,669 Speaker 3: I was in the hospital room right before they were 373 00:20:43,710 --> 00:20:46,130 Speaker 3: going to take him in. He asked me if I'd 374 00:20:46,190 --> 00:20:49,990 Speaker 3: run home, get his tennis shoes and his jogging suit. 375 00:20:50,670 --> 00:20:53,450 Speaker 3: I thought that was very strange because he was about 376 00:20:53,490 --> 00:20:56,199 Speaker 3: to have major heart surgery. He wasn't going to be 377 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 3: out running anytime soon. It was going to take him weeks, 378 00:21:00,140 --> 00:21:04,540 Speaker 3: if not months to recover. But my father understood this principle. 379 00:21:04,980 --> 00:21:07,740 Speaker 3: When he came out of that operation, he wanted to 380 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 3: see those tennis shoes to remind him that that was 381 00:21:11,510 --> 00:21:14,810 Speaker 3: not the end, that he would be out running again 382 00:21:14,990 --> 00:21:18,150 Speaker 3: one day. He kept those in front of him the 383 00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:21,570 Speaker 3: whole time he recovered. Daddy went on to live another 384 00:21:21,570 --> 00:21:25,670 Speaker 3: 12 years or so traveling the world. You may not 385 00:21:25,730 --> 00:21:28,670 Speaker 3: be healthy right now, but you've got to keep something 386 00:21:28,830 --> 00:21:29,450 Speaker 3: in front. 387 00:21:29,270 --> 00:21:31,550 Speaker 2: Of you that says you will be healthy. 388 00:21:32,490 --> 00:21:34,950 Speaker 3: Put pictures of you up in your house from a 389 00:21:35,010 --> 00:21:38,450 Speaker 3: time when you were healthy. Put up scripture verses that 390 00:21:38,490 --> 00:21:42,020 Speaker 3: encourage you. Call your family in another state. Tell them 391 00:21:42,060 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 3: you're planning on coming to see them. Don't you dare 392 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:46,180 Speaker 3: plan on dying. 393 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 2: We need you. Your family needs you. 394 00:21:49,260 --> 00:21:53,139 Speaker 3: This world needs you. Make plans to live. Keep the 395 00:21:53,220 --> 00:21:57,970 Speaker 3: right vision in front of you. Second Corinthians 418 says 396 00:21:58,270 --> 00:22:03,110 Speaker 3: the things that are seen are temporary. One translation indicates 397 00:22:03,410 --> 00:22:08,189 Speaker 3: they are subject to change. Anything that doesn't line up 398 00:22:08,270 --> 00:22:10,890 Speaker 3: with the vision God placed in your heart, you need 399 00:22:10,910 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 3: to see that as being temporary. It is subject to change. 400 00:22:15,380 --> 00:22:17,460 Speaker 3: You may be facing an illness right now. 401 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,360 Speaker 2: The good news is it is subject to change. 402 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 3: God says, I'm restoring health unto you. The number of 403 00:22:24,460 --> 00:22:27,740 Speaker 3: your days I will fulfill. Let that vision take root. 404 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,820 Speaker 3: You may be struggling in your finances, in debt, barely 405 00:22:31,859 --> 00:22:35,700 Speaker 3: making ends meet. That is subject to change. God says 406 00:22:35,740 --> 00:22:38,630 Speaker 3: you will lend and not borrow. Whatever you touch will 407 00:22:38,670 --> 00:22:42,490 Speaker 3: prosper and succeed. It may look like that your dreams 408 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 3: could never come to pass. All the odds are against you. 409 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 3: The truth is the odds are subject to change. One 410 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,100 Speaker 3: touch of God's favor, he can take you from the 411 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,220 Speaker 3: back to the front. 412 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 2: From working at the business to owning your own business. 413 00:22:58,140 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 3: To being given up by medicine like my mother, to 414 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 3: being healthy and whole 30 years later. Everything that doesn't 415 00:23:05,660 --> 00:23:08,580 Speaker 3: line up with what God put in your heart, see 416 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,970 Speaker 3: it as subject to change. That child that's off course, 417 00:23:12,250 --> 00:23:16,430 Speaker 3: he's subject to change. Being lonely is subject to change. 418 00:23:17,090 --> 00:23:19,630 Speaker 3: Not getting any good breaks, that's subject to change. 419 00:23:20,010 --> 00:23:22,930 Speaker 2: People trying to pull you down, that is subject to change. 420 00:23:23,470 --> 00:23:24,629 Speaker 2: See it as temporary. 421 00:23:25,090 --> 00:23:27,630 Speaker 3: Keep what God has promised you in front of you. 422 00:23:28,810 --> 00:23:31,530 Speaker 3: This is what Abraham had to do. He'd just gone 423 00:23:31,570 --> 00:23:35,650 Speaker 3: through a major disappointment. He's basically having to start all over. 424 00:23:35,730 --> 00:23:39,020 Speaker 3: He lost everything he had worked for. His nephew, Lot, 425 00:23:39,130 --> 00:23:41,300 Speaker 3: chose the best part of the land and he had 426 00:23:41,340 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 3: to move on. I'm sure he was down, discouraged, thinking, God, 427 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,300 Speaker 3: this isn't fair. How come this happened to me? God said, Abraham, 428 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,619 Speaker 3: look up from where you are. For all the land 429 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,940 Speaker 3: that you can see, I will give it to you. 430 00:23:56,900 --> 00:24:00,640 Speaker 3: Notice the principle, whatever you can see, God will give 431 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 3: it to you. The reason some people are stuck is 432 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,250 Speaker 3: they've got their head down, focused on their problems, what 433 00:24:07,290 --> 00:24:10,650 Speaker 3: didn't work out, who hurt them. God is saying, look 434 00:24:10,770 --> 00:24:14,410 Speaker 3: up from where you are. Don't sit around depressed, discouraged. 435 00:24:14,710 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 3: Get a new vision for your life. Put some new 436 00:24:17,580 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 3: pictures in front of you. All that you can see, 437 00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 3: God says he'll give it to you. I read a 438 00:24:24,140 --> 00:24:27,010 Speaker 3: story about a gentleman by the name of Conrad Hilton. 439 00:24:27,460 --> 00:24:30,610 Speaker 3: He was the founder of the Hilton Hotels and Back 440 00:24:30,730 --> 00:24:33,990 Speaker 3: in the 1930s, as a younger man, he saw a 441 00:24:34,050 --> 00:24:39,149 Speaker 3: magazine article about the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. 442 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,940 Speaker 3: The title was the most famous hotel. 443 00:24:42,580 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 2: In the world. It showed these big, beautiful pictures. 444 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,880 Speaker 3: He had never seen anything like it before. 445 00:24:49,300 --> 00:24:51,340 Speaker 2: So magnificent, so grand. 446 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,660 Speaker 3: As he was reading the article, looking at the picture, 447 00:24:55,260 --> 00:24:58,359 Speaker 3: God dropped the dream in his heart that one day 448 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 3: he would own that hotel. In the natural, at that time, 449 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:06,780 Speaker 3: it was impossible. He could barely pay his rent. Just 450 00:25:06,820 --> 00:25:10,379 Speaker 3: coming out of the Great Depression, had no connections. He 451 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 3: could have said, God, you got the wrong person. Could 452 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 3: never happen for me. But he was bold enough to 453 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:20,169 Speaker 3: let that seed take root. He got some scissors and 454 00:25:20,210 --> 00:25:23,389 Speaker 3: he cut out the picture of the beautiful Waldorf and 455 00:25:23,410 --> 00:25:27,290 Speaker 3: he put it under his glass on his desk. Every 456 00:25:27,369 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 3: day he saw that picture for a year, five years, 457 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,139 Speaker 3: 10 years. Didn't look like it would ever happen, but 458 00:25:35,180 --> 00:25:38,220 Speaker 3: he was moving toward that vision. When he was in 459 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:43,690 Speaker 3: New York City, he would walk around the property praying, believing, dreaming, 460 00:25:43,930 --> 00:25:48,350 Speaker 3: never told anybody, just letting the seed take root. 18 461 00:25:48,350 --> 00:25:52,930 Speaker 3: years later, he was able to purchase 250,000 shares of 462 00:25:52,950 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 3: the Waldorf Corporation. He ended up owning the most famous 463 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:00,189 Speaker 3: hotel in the world. Some of you today think that 464 00:26:00,230 --> 00:26:03,710 Speaker 3: your dream is too big. that your difficulties are too great. 465 00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 3: It's been too long, but God is saying, I'm still 466 00:26:07,630 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 3: on the throne. 467 00:26:08,780 --> 00:26:11,500 Speaker 2: I'm still going to bring it to pass. Just like 468 00:26:11,540 --> 00:26:12,020 Speaker 2: with Mr. 469 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,400 Speaker 3: Hilton, if you will keep a big vision in front 470 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,500 Speaker 3: of you, God is going to do something big in 471 00:26:18,540 --> 00:26:21,770 Speaker 3: your life. He is going to release his favor like 472 00:26:21,810 --> 00:26:22,949 Speaker 3: you've never seen before. 473 00:26:23,650 --> 00:26:26,610 Speaker 2: What you thought was over and done, God is still 474 00:26:26,630 --> 00:26:27,090 Speaker 2: going to do. 475 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,220 Speaker 3: What looked impossible, like it was over your head, God 476 00:26:31,270 --> 00:26:34,270 Speaker 3: is going to suddenly cause things to fall into place, 477 00:26:34,570 --> 00:26:37,850 Speaker 3: giving you the influence, the connections, the favor, the wisdom. 478 00:26:38,230 --> 00:26:39,830 Speaker 2: Now don't stop believing. 479 00:26:40,330 --> 00:26:43,150 Speaker 3: Every time you see your vision, you keep thanking God 480 00:26:43,190 --> 00:26:45,710 Speaker 3: that it's on its way. If you will do this, 481 00:26:46,060 --> 00:26:48,820 Speaker 3: God is going to supersize whatever. 482 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 2: You're dreaming about. It's going to be bigger than you imagined. 483 00:26:51,980 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 3: He's going to take you places you could not go 484 00:26:54,140 --> 00:26:57,180 Speaker 3: on your own, opening doors that no man can shut. 485 00:26:57,619 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 3: He's going to do what medicine cannot do. 486 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:01,380 Speaker 2: You need to get ready. 487 00:27:01,780 --> 00:27:05,710 Speaker 3: Every dream, every promise, every goal God's placed in your heart, 488 00:27:06,130 --> 00:27:08,770 Speaker 3: I believe and declare it will come to pass. 489 00:27:09,250 --> 00:27:12,130 Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, if you receive it, give the Lord 490 00:27:12,170 --> 00:27:13,550 Speaker 2: another shout of praise today. 491 00:27:16,109 --> 00:27:18,889 Speaker 3: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 492 00:27:18,910 --> 00:27:21,730 Speaker 3: an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 493 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:23,199 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? 494 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 3: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 495 00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:34,260 Speaker 3: into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. Friends, 496 00:27:34,300 --> 00:27:36,459 Speaker 3: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 497 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:39,859 Speaker 3: born again. Get in a good Bible-based church. Keep God 498 00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 3: first place. He's going to take you places that you've 499 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:52,990 Speaker 3: never dreamed of. A few years ago, I stood in 500 00:27:53,030 --> 00:27:56,709 Speaker 3: a forest of giant redwoods, trees hundreds of feet tall 501 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,500 Speaker 3: and thousands of years old. I remember thinking every one 502 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 3: of them started as a single seed, something you could 503 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 3: hold in your hand. But I was amazed at what 504 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,660 Speaker 3: they had become. That's not just true of trees. It's 505 00:28:09,700 --> 00:28:12,700 Speaker 3: true of you. There are seeds God has already placed 506 00:28:12,869 --> 00:28:15,419 Speaker 3: in you that are waiting to come to life. You 507 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,649 Speaker 3: haven't seen all that you can become. I'd love to 508 00:28:18,670 --> 00:28:22,490 Speaker 3: send you my new 90-day devotional called Super Bloom. It's 509 00:28:22,550 --> 00:28:26,010 Speaker 3: designed to help you water what God has already planted. 510 00:28:25,730 --> 00:28:26,310 Speaker 2: In your life. 511 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,980 Speaker 3: Each day's reading will strengthen your faith, remind you of 512 00:28:30,020 --> 00:28:32,820 Speaker 3: God's promises, and encourage you to keep believing. 513 00:28:33,460 --> 00:28:36,420 Speaker 2: As you do this, you'll see new confidence, new joy, 514 00:28:36,550 --> 00:28:37,310 Speaker 2: and new growth. 515 00:28:37,810 --> 00:28:40,670 Speaker 3: Those seeds of greatness will begin to flourish, and you'll 516 00:28:40,710 --> 00:28:44,010 Speaker 3: discover a life more rewarding than you've ever imagined. 517 00:28:45,050 --> 00:28:48,710 Speaker 4: Super Bloom, 90 days of growth, encouragement, and hope for 518 00:28:48,770 --> 00:28:52,290 Speaker 4: all seasons of life is Joel's brand new devotional designed 519 00:28:52,310 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 4: to help you water what God has already planted in you. Inside, 520 00:28:56,340 --> 00:28:59,940 Speaker 4: you'll find 90 days of scripture, encouragement, and a simple 521 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:04,220 Speaker 4: daily practice. Whatever season you're walking through, whatever you're believing 522 00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:08,380 Speaker 4: God for, because what you water today is what blooms tomorrow. 523 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,940 Speaker 4: It's yours as a thank you for your gift to 524 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,900 Speaker 4: the ministry today. Be sure to request your copy of Superbloom, 525 00:29:15,140 --> 00:29:19,660 Speaker 4: available this month by visiting us at joelostein.com or call 888-567-JOEL. 526 00:29:22,510 --> 00:29:25,430 Speaker 3: Keep watering what God has planted. I believe you're going 527 00:29:25,450 --> 00:29:28,660 Speaker 3: to come into your super bloom season. Victoria and I 528 00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:31,460 Speaker 3: love you. We're praying for you and your family every day. 529 00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:34,510 Speaker 3: And thanks so much for your prayer and support. Your 530 00:29:34,570 --> 00:29:37,790 Speaker 3: generosity helps take this message of hope to people all 531 00:29:37,890 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 3: over the world who need their own moment with God 532 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,260 Speaker 3: and a special thank you to our Champion of Hope 533 00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:46,850 Speaker 3: partners your monthly support makes a difference every single day 534 00:29:46,870 --> 00:29:49,610 Speaker 3: if you're not a partner I hope you'll consider becoming 535 00:29:49,770 --> 00:29:53,330 Speaker 3: one until next time may the Lord bless you and keep. 536 00:29:53,130 --> 00:29:57,150 Speaker 4: You Be sure to request your copy of Superbloom, available 537 00:29:57,230 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 4: this month by visiting us at joelostein.com or call 888-567-JOEL. 538 00:30:03,780 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 4: With an additional gift, you can also receive the Superbloom 539 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:10,260 Speaker 4: devotional together with the Planted in God journal, a place 540 00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 4: to capture your prayers, your dreams, and all the good 541 00:30:13,420 --> 00:30:16,350 Speaker 4: things God is doing in your life. We are also 542 00:30:16,420 --> 00:30:19,850 Speaker 4: making available to you this month the Bloom Expanded Collection, 543 00:30:20,150 --> 00:30:24,350 Speaker 4: the devotional and journal together with the NLT Spiritual Growth Bible, 544 00:30:24,710 --> 00:30:27,870 Speaker 4: one of the most comprehensive study Bibles available to help 545 00:30:27,910 --> 00:30:31,260 Speaker 4: you go even deeper in God's Word. What you water 546 00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:35,500 Speaker 4: today is what blooms tomorrow. You can request these inspiring 547 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 4: resources by calling 888-567-JOEL or logging on to joelostein.com today. 548 00:30:42,970 --> 00:30:46,010 Speaker 4: Take the step today and watch what God planted in 549 00:30:46,070 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 4: you break open into your own super bloom, a season 550 00:30:49,260 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 4: of joy, hope, and growth you never imagined. 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