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This is not an offer 31 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 4: to buy yourself security snor is it investment, legal or 32 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 4: tax advice. 33 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 3: When you have extra mile obedience, you set miracles into motion. 34 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 3: God begins to pour out blessings, open up doors, bring 35 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 3: supernatural provision, healing things that you couldn't make happen that 36 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 3: will thrust you into new levels of your destiny. Hi, 37 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 3: this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 38 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 3: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 39 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 40 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 41 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 42 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 3: your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 43 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 3: you today, and if you're ever in our area, please 44 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 3: stop buying be a part of one of our services. 45 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 3: We would love to have you now. I hope you'll 46 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 3: stay connected with us during the week. We have a 47 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 3: daily podcast. You can download our YouTube channel, watch the 48 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 3: messages anytime. You can follow us on social media, and 49 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 3: we'll keep you encouraged and inspired. But I like to 50 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 3: start with something funny, and I heard about this pastor. 51 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 3: He'd been out bear hunting all day long, searched and 52 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 3: searched through the woods, and could find any sign of 53 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 3: a bear. Finally, in frustration, he threw his gun on 54 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 3: the ground and went to the stream to cool off. 55 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 3: About that time, he saw this huge grizzly bear about 56 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 3: one hundred yards away, running toward him full speed ahead. 57 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 3: He fell on his knees and said, God, please convert 58 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 3: this bear to a Christian. Miraculously, the bear froze in 59 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 3: his tracks, put both pause up in the air, and said, Lord, 60 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:06,839 Speaker 3: thank you for this food I'm about to eat. Say 61 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 3: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 62 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 3: am what it says I am. I have what it 63 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 3: says I have. I can do what it says I 64 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 3: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 65 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 3: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 66 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 67 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 3: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 68 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 3: extra mile blessings. There are times God asks us to 69 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 3: do things that are hard, things that don't make sense. 70 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 3: To give something to others when we need it more 71 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 3: than them, to take a step of faith when we 72 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 3: don't have the experience, or to forgive someone that doesn't 73 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 3: deserve it. Everything in our logic says, this is not right. 74 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 3: That's too much, it's not fair. God is asking you 75 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 3: to go the extra mile. Any time you obey, there's 76 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 3: a blessing that follows. If you're going to see extra 77 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:07,119 Speaker 3: mile blessings, you have to have extra mile obedience when 78 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 3: you do the hard thing that God's asking you to do. 79 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 3: It's not because God's trying to make your life miserable. 80 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 3: It's because he has something awesome coming your way. You 81 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 3: can't reach the fullness of your destiny without extra mile obedience. 82 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 3: There are good breaks increase healing that are only connected 83 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 3: to doing the right thing when it's hard, and it's 84 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 3: good to obey in the small things that's important. Be 85 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 3: kind to a neighbor, give to charity. A coworker is 86 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 3: rude and you let it go. That's not real difficult. 87 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 3: But when you're about to go to a new level, 88 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 3: when you're about to see something unusual, out of the ordinary, 89 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 3: don't be surprised if God asks you to do a 90 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 3: hard thing, to go the extra mile. Well, God, I'll 91 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 3: keep giving my offerings each week, but not that money 92 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 3: I've saved up for my dreams. I'll forgive that relative 93 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 3: that offended me yesterday, but not that one that hurt 94 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 3: me five years ago. I'll go to work on time, 95 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 3: do my best, but I can't apply for that management position. 96 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 3: You know I'm not qualified. There are extra mile blessings 97 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 3: waiting for you, something out of the ordinary. The question 98 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 3: is will you have extra mile obedience? Is God asking 99 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 3: you to do something that seems too hard, uncomfortable, to 100 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 3: break away from a friend, that's causing you to compromise, 101 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 3: to be more disciplined in what you're watching, to go 102 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 3: back to school and sharpen your skills. Everything in your 103 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 3: reasoning will tell you don't have time. It's not going 104 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 3: to matter. Don't rock the boat. Yes, it may be difficult, 105 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 3: but if you could see the blessing that's attached to 106 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 3: the obedience, if you could see the joy, the fulfillment, 107 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 3: the provision, that you would dig down deep and do it. 108 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 3: One king seventeen there was a widow that lived in 109 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 3: the city of Zeraphath. Her husband had died, and now 110 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 3: she was living there alone with her one son. There 111 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 3: was a drought in the land, dried up all the crops. 112 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 3: She couldn't find any groceries. All she had left was 113 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 3: a little flour and a little oil, just enough for 114 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 3: one meal. She was out picking up sticks to build 115 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 3: a fire. She was going to cook her last meal. 116 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 3: Few days earlier, the prophet Elijah was at the Jordan 117 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 3: River where he had been living. Every morning the ravens, 118 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 3: these birds would come to him. That's how he survived well. 119 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 3: The ravens quit coming. God said to him in verse eight, 120 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 3: go to the city of Zeraphath. There is a widow 121 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 3: that will feed you there. It's interesting that God sent 122 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 3: him to a widow that didn't have any food. When 123 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 3: God does things that don't make sense, that means he's 124 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 3: up to something out of the ordinary. Something supernatural is 125 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 3: about to happen. Elijah, walking into town, saw the widow 126 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 3: gathering up the wood. He said, excuse me, ma'am, I'm 127 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 3: traveling through the city. Would you please bring me a 128 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 3: cup of water? That was no problem. She was kind, 129 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 3: she was giving. She stopped what she was doing. Despite 130 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 3: her own challenges. She went to get the water. Most 131 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 3: of us are like her. If it's not too much, 132 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 3: we're going to do it. If it's a small thing, 133 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 3: no problem. But here's the test. As she was going 134 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 3: to get the water, Elijah said, ma'am, I'm hungry too. 135 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 3: Please bring me a loaf of bread as well. The 136 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 3: water was easy, the bread was hard. She said, Sir, 137 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 3: I swear by the Lord your God, I don't have 138 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 3: any bread in my house. I only have enough flower 139 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 3: to make me and my son some food. We're going 140 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 3: to eat it, then we're going to die. You would think, Elid, 141 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 3: you would say, I'm so sorry. I'm gonna help you 142 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 3: find food instead. Just after she poured out her heart, 143 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 3: after she had swore that she didn't have any extra food, 144 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 3: Elijah said, I understand you don't have enough for all 145 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 3: of us, but make me a loaf of bread first. 146 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 3: Give me what I need. If you'll do this, the 147 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 3: Lord God of Israel says, there will always be plenty 148 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 3: of flour and plenty of oil left in your containers. 149 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 3: Elijah was saying, if you will have extra mile obedience, 150 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 3: if you'll do something that doesn't make sense, that doesn't 151 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 3: seem logical. Nothing in your reasoning says to make him 152 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 3: a meal when you need a meal. But if you'll 153 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 3: do it, you'll see an extra mile blessing. You'll see 154 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 3: supernatural provision, supernatural increase. What God asked you to do 155 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 3: is not always going to make sense. It's not always 156 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 3: going to be logical. This is what faith is all about. 157 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 3: Give away what you need, make him a meal. First, 158 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 3: this widow didn't under stand it. Thoughts told her, you're 159 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 3: making a mistake. This couldn't be God. You and your 160 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 3: son should be eating this last meal. But this woman 161 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 3: dared to obey. She took that step of faith and 162 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 3: made him a meal. First Verse sixteen says she and 163 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 3: her son continued to eat from the flower and from 164 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 3: the oil, for no matter how much they used, there 165 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 3: was always plenty of oil left in the containers. When 166 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 3: you have extra mild obedience, you set miracles into motion. 167 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 3: God begins to pour out blessings, open up doors, bring 168 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 3: supernatural provision, healing things that you couldn't make happen that 169 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 3: will thrust you into new levels of your destiny. Are 170 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 3: you missing the great things God wants to do because 171 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 3: you're not willing to do the hard things? Don't talk 172 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 3: to yourself out of it. The more difficult it is, 173 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 3: the greater the blessing. God could have had Elijah show 174 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 3: up and tell the woman God wants you to know. 175 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 3: He sees that you're struggling. He's going to supply all 176 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,839 Speaker 3: of your needs. He could have done it without her 177 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 3: feeding Elijah. But most of the time and act of 178 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 3: obedience is required. If you'll do the hard thing when 179 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 3: it doesn't seem logical, you don't feel like it. Everything 180 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 3: in your intellect is telling you this doesn't make sense. 181 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,959 Speaker 3: If you'll have this extra mile obedience, you'll see God 182 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 3: show out in your life. He wouldn't ask you to 183 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 3: do something hard unless he has something amazing coming. Is 184 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 3: he asking you to forgive someone that hurts you he 185 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 3: been holding on for years. They don't deserve it, They 186 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 3: were wrong. You're not excusing their behavior, You're letting go 187 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 3: of the poison. If you could see what God has 188 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 3: in store on the other side of that forgiveness, you 189 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 3: wouldn't think twice. There are extra mile blessings, new relationships, 190 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 3: new opportunities, greater joy. Think about Joseph, betrayed by his brothers. 191 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 3: He went through thirteen years of injustice, rejection, in prison, 192 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 3: all because of his brother's jealousy. One day they showed 193 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 3: up at the palace. Now he was in charge, vindicated, promoted. 194 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 3: His brothers were standing before him, trying to buy food 195 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 3: in a famine. This was Joseph's big chance to pay 196 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 3: them back, to get even. But Joseph could hear that 197 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 3: still small voice saying, forgive, be good to them, let 198 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,199 Speaker 3: it go. It's one thing to forgive when someone is 199 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 3: rude to you at the office. That doesn't take a 200 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 3: lot of effort. But these brothers sold Joseph into slavery. 201 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 3: They took his freedom. He lost years of his life 202 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,959 Speaker 3: being away from his family, not following his dream because 203 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 3: of what they did to him. In a sense, he 204 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 3: had a right to be angry to get revenge. But 205 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 3: Joseph understood this principle extra mile obedience. He forgave people 206 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 3: that didn't deserve him. He forgave the people that tried 207 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 3: to ruin his life because he showed God that he 208 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 3: could trust him to do the hard thing, to forgive 209 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 3: when it wasn't fair to be good to people that 210 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 3: weren't good to him. God poured out extra mile blessings. 211 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 3: He put Joseph in charge of the whole nation. When 212 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 3: you have extra mile obedience, you do what God's asking 213 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 3: you to do. When it's hard, it's not fair, doesn't 214 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 3: make sense. There's no limit to how high God will 215 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 3: take you. Is God asking you to break away from 216 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 3: people that are pulling you down? You know they're a 217 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 3: negative influence, causing you to compromise, Joel, They've been my 218 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 3: friend for years, we always hang out. I know it's 219 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 3: not easy, but where could you go? What could you 220 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 3: become if you did the hard thing? God wouldn't be 221 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 3: asking you if he didn't have extra mile blass things 222 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 3: in store? Is God asking you to keep a good 223 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 3: attitude in a negative situation. You're working hard but not 224 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 3: seeing growth, praying for your child, they're not changing. You 225 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 3: lost a client, business has slowed. You attempted to be critical, complain, 226 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 3: live sour, do the hard thing, Keep being your best, 227 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 3: keep thanking God, keep being good to people, keep declaring 228 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 3: the victory. When you do the hard thing, you set 229 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 3: miracles into motion. Angels go to work, good breaks come 230 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 3: looking for you. In the early nineteen seventies, Lakewood started 231 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 3: to grow. We had less than two hundred people for 232 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,719 Speaker 3: thirteen years. Now my father's dreams were starting to come 233 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,959 Speaker 3: to pass. We were in the original building, the little 234 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 3: feed store. We needed a larger auditorium. One Sunday, my 235 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 3: father announced to the congregation that we were going to 236 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 3: build a new sanctuary that held a thousand people. He 237 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 3: asked everyone if they would pray about what they could 238 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,439 Speaker 3: give toward it. In a few weeks, he was going 239 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 3: to take up a special offering. The whole church was excited. 240 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:14,079 Speaker 3: People gave generously. We had enough to get started. There 241 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 3: was a small Spanish church down the road. They had 242 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 3: been building a new church for months. It was going 243 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 3: very slowly. One afternoon, my father stopped by to see 244 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 3: how they were doing it. He had never met them, 245 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 3: didn't know anyone. He just wanted to be friendly and 246 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 3: let them know that we were praying for them. They 247 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 3: told how they started their building, but it costs more 248 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 3: than they thought. They had some setbacks and ran out 249 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 3: of funds. Now it was just sitting there, half finished, 250 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 3: had part of the roof, part of the walls, nothing inside. 251 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 3: The next day, my father heard a still small voice saying, 252 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 3: I want you to give that money you took up 253 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 3: for your new building to that Spanish church so they 254 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 3: can finish their building. His first thought was, get by me, Satan. 255 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 3: That could not be God. That's money for our sanctuary. 256 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 3: He began to reason it out, but he couldn't get 257 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 3: away from it. Down deep, he knew he was supposed 258 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 3: to give that money. Like Elijah and the widow, it 259 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 3: was a test, will you make me a meal first? 260 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 3: Will you do the hard thing, something that you don't understand, 261 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 3: and give away what you need. After debating it a 262 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 3: few days, he finally decided to do it. The Spanish 263 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 3: pastor was so thrilled he couldn't believe it. They were 264 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 3: able to finish their building. What's interesting is the funds 265 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 3: for Lakewood's building started coming in from all over. A 266 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 3: lady flew into town that had never met my father, 267 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 3: never been to Lakewood. She had read some of his books, 268 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 3: but she handed my father a check for more than 269 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 3: what we gave the Spanish church. One lady out of 270 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 3: the blue like this widow woman. There was supernatural provision. 271 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 3: The money came in for the foundation, the steal, the walls, 272 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 3: the seats, the sound system. The whole building was built 273 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 3: debt free. We never lack for resources. Not just that building, 274 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 3: but my father built another sanctuary, and another and another, 275 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 3: paid cash for everyone, never borrowed. The provision kept coming. 276 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 3: It all started when he did a hard thing. He 277 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 3: gave away what he needed. When you have extra mile obedience, 278 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 3: you're going to see these extra mile blessings. This really 279 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 3: boils down to a question of trust. God was saying 280 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 3: to the widow, if you take care of the prophet, 281 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 3: if you make the last meal, do you trust me 282 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 3: that I'll take care of you? To my father? If 283 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 3: you give the funds to that Spanish church, do you 284 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 3: trust me that I'll give you the funds for your church. 285 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 3: If you forgive that person that hurts you, do you 286 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 3: trust me that I'll make it up to you. On 287 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 3: the way to your destiny, God is going to ask 288 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 3: you to do things that re ques great trust. You 289 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 3: can't have extra mile obedience if you're not convinced that 290 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,919 Speaker 3: God is going to take care of you, that he 291 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 3: has the favor, the blessings, the funds, the people, the 292 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 3: confidence to get you to your purpose. The last Sunday 293 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 3: that we were in our former location, right before we 294 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 3: came to the Compact Center, I was driving home after 295 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 3: the services that afternoon. It was very emotional pulling out 296 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 3: of the parking lot for the last time. I'd spent 297 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 3: my whole life at that location. As I was leaving there, 298 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 3: there was a rainbow in the sky looked like it 299 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 3: stretched from the old location to this place. It was 300 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 3: like God was saying, I'm doing a new thing. I 301 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:43,360 Speaker 3: felt very grateful. 302 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 2: Now. 303 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 3: About that time, I passed the Spanish church that my 304 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 3: father in the First Congregation helped build some thirty years earlier. 305 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,639 Speaker 3: On their small marquee out front, it said thank you 306 00:17:55,760 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 3: Lakewood for giving us our building. I wonder if I 307 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 3: would be standing here if my father had not had 308 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:08,360 Speaker 3: extra mile obedience, had he not done the right thing 309 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 3: when it was hard, had he not proven to God 310 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 3: that he could trust him. I don't know if I 311 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 3: would be seeing the blessing and favor on my life. 312 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 3: Where will your children be thirty years from now if 313 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 3: you will have extra mile obedience? What kind of favor 314 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 3: good breaks abundance will they see because you did the 315 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 3: right thing when it was hard. You could have played 316 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 3: it safe, not taken any risk, held on to the hurts. 317 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,640 Speaker 3: But like this widow, you said, God, I trust you. 318 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 3: Doesn't make sense, but I'm going to do it even 319 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 3: though I don't understand it. You had extra mile obedience. 320 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 3: Get ready, you're going to see extra mile blessings, blessings 321 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 3: that not only catapult you ahead, but your children and 322 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 3: grandchildren will be better off. They'll walk in favor and blessings. 323 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 3: Because anytime God asked you to do something hard, that's 324 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 3: a sign that's something big is in your future. The 325 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 3: widow went from getting by each day, having just enough 326 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 3: to survive, to having abundance provision that never ran out. 327 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 3: My father went from believing for one sanctuary, hoping to 328 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 3: have the funds to pay for that thousand seat auditorium, 329 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 3: to having the funds over the years to build multiple 330 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 3: auditoriums much bigger than he ever imagined. Don't put off 331 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 3: the hard thing. God wouldn't be asking you to do 332 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 3: it if he didn't have something much better in your future. 333 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 3: But sometimes we let fear hold us back. What if 334 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 3: I do it Joel, it doesn't work out. What if 335 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 3: I make the profit the meal and I starve. What 336 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 3: if I give these funds and I can't build my sanctuary? 337 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 3: David said, I was young and now I'm old, and 338 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 3: I've never once seen the righteous forsaken God is not 339 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 3: going to let you down. You don't let fear and 340 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,159 Speaker 3: doubt keep you from seeing the greatness of our God. 341 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 3: He's going to ask you to do things that don't 342 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 3: make sense. It's because faith has to do with your heart, 343 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 3: not necessarily your mind. That's why the scripture says lean 344 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 3: not to your own understanding. If you can figure it out, 345 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 3: make it work on paper, you've got it calculated how 346 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 3: it can happen, then you don't need faith. But when 347 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 3: you're like this widow, you calculate, I have enough flour 348 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 3: for one meal. I've made bread my whole life. I'm concluded. 349 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 3: We're limited. That's when faith has to kick in. God. 350 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 3: If you want me to make the profit a meal, first, 351 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 3: you want me to do something I don't understand. I 352 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 3: trust you, does it make sense to me? But I 353 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 3: realize I'm natural and you're supernatural. You control the universe. 354 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 3: You spoke worlds into existence. You stuffed the sun for Joshua. 355 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,199 Speaker 3: You gave Sarah a baby at ninety years old. You 356 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 3: parted the sea for Moses. You opened prison doors for Paul. 357 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 3: You brought water out of a rock for the Israelites. 358 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 3: I recognized you're Jehovah, Jirah, my healer, my deliver my 359 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:17,439 Speaker 3: promise keeper, my waymaker, my miracle worker. Jesus was on 360 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 3: the shore of Galilee about to teach the people. So 361 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,400 Speaker 3: many were gathered that he didn't have room. He saw 362 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 3: boat over on the side. The owner, a man named Peter, 363 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 3: was cleaning his nets. Jesus had never met Peter, but 364 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 3: he asked a bar of the boat. He pushed out 365 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 3: from the shore and started teaching. The scripture says Peter 366 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 3: had fished all night and caught nothing. He was a 367 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 3: little frustrated, tired, ready to get home as soon as 368 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 3: this man gets out of his boat. When Jesus finished, 369 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 3: he asked Peter to do something that didn't seem logical. 370 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 3: He said, Peter, launch out into the deep and you 371 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 3: will catch a great haul of fish. I can imagine 372 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 3: Peter thinking, excuse me, I'm a professional fisherman, you're a teacher. 373 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 3: I didn't tell you how to teach. I've been doing 374 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 3: this for years. I know when to fish. This is 375 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 3: not the right time. Everything in his logic said, don't 376 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 3: do it. It's going to be a waste of time. 377 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 3: He could have said, sir, I appreciate your suggestions, thanks 378 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 3: for your advice, but that doesn't make sense. He could 379 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 3: have walked away and we would have never heard of Peter. 380 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 3: But I love the fact that, even though Peter didn't 381 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 3: understand it, even though it went against his logic, he said, Jesus, 382 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 3: we fished all night and caught nothing. Nevertheless, at your word, 383 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 3: we will go back out. He threw out his net 384 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 3: and caught so many fish that his net began to break. 385 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,360 Speaker 3: When you have extra mild obedience, God will give you 386 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 3: net breaking blessings, blessings that you can't explain. Increase that 387 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 3: doesn't make sense. You weren't the most qualified, you didn't 388 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,119 Speaker 3: have the seniority, But the promotion came to you, the 389 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 3: healing came to you. The right people came to you. 390 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 3: It's significant that there were no fish there a few 391 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 3: hours before, But God knows how to bring the fish 392 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,439 Speaker 3: to your nets. What you tried before may not have worked. 393 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,680 Speaker 3: But when you hear God say do it again. Don't 394 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 3: reason it out, don't talk yourself out of it, go 395 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 3: back out. God is putting the fish, the provision, the healing, 396 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 3: the good breaks right where you need it. Wasn't there 397 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 3: last time, but it's going to be there next time. 398 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,159 Speaker 3: A couple of years after Victoria and I were married, 399 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 3: we sold our town home. It was a beautiful place, 400 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 3: backed up to the woods. We made a good profit, 401 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 3: and we're looking for a house. One day Victoria called 402 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 3: me at work, said, Joel, I found our new house. 403 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 3: Come see it. It was this old rundown house. It 404 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 3: had been abandoned. Doors were missing, had holes in the roof. 405 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 3: There were buckets inside to catch the water. Had made 406 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 3: your foundation problems. The floor was all crooked. Nothing about 407 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 3: the house was good, but it was on a nice 408 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,920 Speaker 3: piece of property close into the city. Victoria was so excited. 409 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 3: She said, Joe, we can fix this up and do 410 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 3: this and do that. We will love living here. I 411 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 3: thought she had lost her mind. It didn't make sense. 412 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,199 Speaker 3: We just came out of this beautiful town home. This 413 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 3: place was a tear down. But when I would get quiet, 414 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 3: I would hear that still small voice saying she's right, 415 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 3: this is your property. I felt peace about it. We 416 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 3: bought it and fixed it up. A year later, a 417 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 3: builder knocked on our door and asked if we would 418 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 3: sell the property. I said, no, thanks, it's not for sale. 419 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,120 Speaker 3: He said, how about if I give you this amount. 420 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 3: I said, like I said, we'd love to sell it. 421 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 3: We sold him half of the property. He built two houses, 422 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 3: one for us and one for him. A year later 423 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 3: we had a brand new, beautiful home, something more than 424 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 3: we ever imagine. When you have extra mile obedience, you're 425 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 3: going to see these extra mile blessings. Don't talk yourself 426 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 3: out of what you know God is asking you to do. 427 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 3: It's not always going to make sense. Make the profit 428 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 3: a meal first, give the funds to the Spanish Church. 429 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 3: Go back after we fished all night. Buy this old 430 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 3: rundown house. Trust that God knows what's best for you. 431 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 3: He'll never ask you to do a hard thing unless 432 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 3: he has something amazing coming. Sometimes we miss God's best, 433 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,479 Speaker 3: we miss the extra mile blessing because we don't want 434 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 3: to take a risk. We don't want to forgive, We 435 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 3: don't want to give what we need. That's what's going 436 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,120 Speaker 3: to take you to the fullness of your destiny. That's 437 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 3: where you'll see the greatness of our God. My friends. 438 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 3: Craig and Samantha had their third child a while back, 439 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 3: and for a couple of years everything was great. But 440 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 3: they begin to notice little Connor wasn't developing like normal. 441 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 3: He was diagnosed with autism. They're people of faith, they 442 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 3: know that God's in control, but it was still difficult. 443 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 3: They could have sat around, defeated and bitter God, why 444 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 3: did this happen? But in the midst of their pain, 445 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 3: Craig heard God say to him, I'm gonna use your 446 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 3: son Connor to help people all over the world. Craig said, God, 447 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 3: my son can't even talk, he can't even ask for 448 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,399 Speaker 3: a drink of water. How's he going to help people. 449 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 3: Wasn't long after that that Samantha walked in his room 450 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 3: one night, about to put him to bed. Connor had 451 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 3: his Bible in his hand. He held it up and said, 452 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 3: this is my Bible. I am what it says, I am. 453 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:44,160 Speaker 3: He quoted the whole thing. He had been watching our videos. 454 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 3: Those were the first words that he ever spoke. They 455 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 3: were so thrilled. Craig was the head of our children's 456 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 3: ministry at the time, and he realized we didn't have 457 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 3: any programs for children with special needs. Parents couldn't attend 458 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 3: church with these children that are not able to sit 459 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 3: through a service. He felt God telling him to start 460 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 3: a ministry for special needs children. He could have thought, 461 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,120 Speaker 3: God is hard enough to raise our own son, our 462 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 3: hands are full. That doesn't make sense to take on 463 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:18,160 Speaker 3: more challenges. God was asking him to do a hard thing, 464 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 3: to birth a ministry. Out of his pain, Craig and 465 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 3: Samantha started the Champions Club for children with autism and 466 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 3: special needs. The first month, three hundred new families joined 467 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 3: the church. Today, there are over one hundred Champions Clubs 468 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 3: in churches around the world. Craig had extra mile obedience. 469 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 3: What happened. He has seen extra mile blessings, just like 470 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 3: God said, Connor's influence is impacting people all over the world. 471 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 3: Is God asking you to do a hard thing, something 472 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 3: that doesn't make sense, doesn't seem fair. If you'll take 473 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 3: that step, you'll see God show out in your life. 474 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 3: It's easy to make excuses, reason it out. It's not logical. 475 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,400 Speaker 3: What if I fail, They don't deserve it. I'm not qualified. 476 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 3: If you could see what's on the other side of 477 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,960 Speaker 3: that obedience, the joy, the favor, the victory. Then you 478 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 3: wouldn't put it off. There are extra mile blessings waiting 479 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 3: for you, blessings that will thrust you ahead. The way 480 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 3: you release them is by having extra mile obedience. If 481 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 3: you'll do this, I believe and declare, like the widow, 482 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 3: you're going to see supernatural provision like Peter Net, breaking 483 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 3: blessings like my father, increase that affects your children like 484 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 3: Craig and Samantha. Out of your pain, you will see 485 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 3: your purpose. New doors, opening dreams come in to pass, 486 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 3: favor that catapults you into your destiny in Jesus' name, 487 00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 3: and if you receive it, can you say amen? To 488 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 3: give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of 489 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 3: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 490 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 3: I repent of my sins. 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