1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: What a joy to be with you today. 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 2: If we're praying for you and your family, I know 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 2: God has great things in store. You wouldn't be alive 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 2: if there weren't more victories in front of you. So 5 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 2: know that we love you, we're praying for you, and hey, 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 2: I hope you'll stay tuned to the very end. We've 7 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 2: got some special resources to help you stay encouraged and inspired. 8 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: It's a joy to come into your home. 9 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 2: So thanks for being with us today, and I hope 10 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 2: you'll stay connected all through the week. We have a 11 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: daily podcast that you can download, go to our YouTube 12 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 2: channel watch the messages anytime, or you can follow us 13 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 2: on social media. We're gonna keep you encouraged and inspired. 14 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: But thanks for tuning in today. I like to start 15 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,239 Speaker 2: with something funny, and I heard about this man that 16 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 2: was out walking on the beach. God said, son, you've 17 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 2: been so faithful, I'm gonna grant you one special wish. 18 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: He was so excited. 19 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 2: He said, God, I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, 20 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 2: but I'm afraid to fly. So my wish is that 21 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 2: you would build a bridge across the ocean. God said, son, 22 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: that's impossible. Think of the logistics of that. Now take 23 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 2: a moment and wish again. The man thought about it 24 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 2: and said, okay, God, I've been married four times. All 25 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 2: my ex wives say I am so insensitive. So my 26 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 2: wish is that I would be able to understand a woman. 27 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 2: I want to know why they think like they think, 28 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,199 Speaker 2: why they feel like they feel. There was a long pause, 29 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 2: and God said, do you want two lanes or four 30 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 2: lanes on that bridge? Say it like you mean it. 31 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 32 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 33 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 34 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind 35 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 36 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 37 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about. 38 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: Remember who you are. 39 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: We all face challenges in life that we don't know 40 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 2: how are going to work out? How am I going 41 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 2: to get well? How am I going to meet the 42 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 2: right person? How is this dream going to come to pass? 43 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: But here's the key. 44 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 2: The how is not as important as the who. When 45 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 2: you know who you are a child of the Most 46 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 2: High God, crowned with favor, with royal blood flowing through 47 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 2: your veins, then the who will override the how. The 48 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 2: how is not up to us. The how may look impossible. 49 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 2: If you stay focused on how, you're going to get worried, discouraged. 50 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 2: Your job is not to figure everything out. Your job 51 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 2: is to honor God, be your best, and he will 52 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:36,399 Speaker 2: take care of the how. 53 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: We spend too much time on the how. 54 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 2: How is my child going to get back on course? 55 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: How am I going to make it through this pandemic? 56 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 2: How can I overcome this opposition at work? Why don't 57 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 2: you spend that same time on the who? 58 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 1: Father? Thank you that I am your child. 59 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 2: Thank you that you hand picked me, You chose me 60 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: before I could choose you. Thank you that you are 61 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 2: for me, that you are fighting my battles. If you'll 62 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 2: focus on the who, God will take care of the how. 63 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 2: When our children were small, they never once said, Daddy, 64 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 2: how are we going to pay our bills this month? 65 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 2: How are we going to get to school tomorrow? How 66 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 2: are we going to have something for dinner tonight? They 67 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 2: were never concerned about the how, because they knew the who, 68 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 2: because they belonged to us. They knew their father was 69 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 2: going to take care of it. They knew Daddy is 70 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,839 Speaker 2: going to keep us safe. Daddy's going to make sure 71 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 2: we get there. Daddy's going to protect us, provide show 72 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 2: us favor. What if we had that same kind of 73 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 2: childlike faith, not trying to figure out all the hows, 74 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 2: worried about how our health is going to improve, and 75 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 2: how we're going to accomplish the goal, how we're going 76 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 2: to get out of this difficulty. 77 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: Can I tell you your heavenly Father is going to take 78 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: care of the hows. 79 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 2: When you understand that you belong to him, then you 80 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 2: can live from a place of peace knowing that Daddy's 81 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 2: going to protect you, Daddy's going to show you favor, 82 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 2: that he's going to turn that problem around. As an 83 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 2: earthly father, I knew how to do things that my 84 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 2: children didn't understand. I had experience, wisdom, strength that they 85 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 2: didn't have. How much more so our heavenly father. He 86 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 2: created the universe, He flung stars into space. 87 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: He has ways of doing things that we can't see. 88 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 2: He's working behind the scenes lining up what you need 89 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 2: to accomplish your dreams. He already has a solution to 90 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: that problem that's stressing you out. He has angels watching 91 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 2: over you, he has favor surrounding you. He's put a 92 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 2: blessing on your life that circumstances and people cannot stop. 93 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 2: You have an advantage because of who your heavenly Father is. 94 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 1: When you face situations you don't. 95 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 2: See how they could work out. Don't live worried. The 96 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 2: how is not up to you. God wouldn't have allowed. 97 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: It if it was going to keep you from your destiny. 98 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 2: He won't let you get in a problem that he 99 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 2: can't get you out of. If you'll stay focused on 100 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 2: the Who, knowing that you are His child, that you 101 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 2: are blessed, favored, anointed, empowered, then. 102 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: God will take care of the how. This is what 103 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: David did. At seventeen years old. 104 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 2: He was out in the shepherd's fields when his father 105 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 2: asked him to take lunch to his brothers. They were 106 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 2: serving in the army in another city. When he arrived, 107 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 2: he heard Goliath, the champion of the Philistine army, taunting 108 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 2: the Israelites. They were all afraid, but something rose up 109 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 2: in David, a fire, a passion and anointing. He said, 110 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 2: who is this man that he should defy the armies 111 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 2: of the living God. 112 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: He told King Saul that he wanted to fight Goliath. 113 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 2: Saul laughed. Goliath was twice David's size. He was their 114 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 2: most skilled warrior. He was wearing a full set of armor. 115 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 2: David had no military training, no experience. The how seemed impossible, 116 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 2: no way in the natural. But David understood this principle 117 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 2: that the howl wasn't up to him. He stood before 118 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 2: Goliath said you come against me with a sword and 119 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 2: a shield, but I come against you in the name. 120 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: Of the Lord God of Israel. 121 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 2: He was saying, in effect, Goliath, I may be small, 122 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 2: I may be inexperienced. The odds are against me, but 123 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 2: I have a secret. I know who I am. I 124 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 2: belong to the most high. I have an advantage. Favor 125 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 2: is on my life. 126 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: He didn't focus on the how, He focused on the who. 127 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 2: He took his slingshot out, slung that rock, hit Goliath 128 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 2: in the forehead, knocked him unconscious. When you know who 129 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 2: you are, you'll defeat giants that are much bigger. You 130 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 2: may be facing situations now now that you don't see how. 131 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: They could work out. You could live. 132 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 2: Worried, stressed. You have to shift your perspective from the 133 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 2: how to the who who you are is more powerful 134 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: than any force trying to stop you. You're not just anyone. 135 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: You belong to the most God. He breathed life into you, 136 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 2: He chose you, and the good news is he's backing 137 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 2: you up. He has the hows. 138 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: Already figured out. 139 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 2: There's no giant too big for him, no sickness too great, 140 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 2: no addiction too powerful, no obstacle too strong. 141 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: Like David, you may not see the how. That's okay. 142 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: The how is not up to you. 143 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 2: When you know who you are, you live from a 144 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 2: place of faith, a place of trust, a place of confidence, 145 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 2: then you're going to see God show. 146 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: Out in your life. 147 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 2: You don't have to have big resources, big talent, big connections. 148 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 2: God will take your sling shop what seemed small and 149 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 2: put his favor on it, and you will defeat great giants. 150 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 2: It's not so much what you have, it's the blessing 151 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 2: on what you have. It's the favor on what you have. 152 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 2: Where does that come from your talent, your family, from 153 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 2: being good enough? 154 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: No, it comes from who you are. 155 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 2: When God created you, he put his blessing on you, 156 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 2: He put his favor. 157 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: Now quit trying to figure out. 158 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 2: All the hows and rest in the Who I heard 159 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 2: about these baby cub bears. They were out in the 160 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 2: woods playing having fun when this pack of wolves came 161 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 2: out of nowhere and started toward them. 162 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:41,959 Speaker 1: The cubs saw the wolves out in. 163 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 2: The distance, but they didn't get alarmed. 164 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: They didn't take off running. 165 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 2: Seemed like they were naive, like they were about to 166 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 2: be harmed, but. 167 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: It didn't bother them. 168 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 2: When the wolves got about twenty yards away, out of 169 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 2: nowhere came this huge mama bear with their paws up 170 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 2: in the air, growling forcefully, just like she was saying, 171 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:03,959 Speaker 2: come on. 172 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: Make my day. 173 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 2: Those wolves stopped in their tracks, turned around, and went 174 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 2: back to where they came from. The reason the cubs 175 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 2: weren't upset, the reason they didn't panic, is they knew 176 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 2: who they belonged to. They didn't worry about the how, 177 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 2: how they were going to stay safe, how they were 178 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 2: not going to be harmed. They knew Mama would take 179 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 2: care of the howl. You may have things coming against you, 180 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 2: but you're. 181 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 1: Not on your own. Because of who you are. 182 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 2: You can stay in peace, not because Mama Bear is 183 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 2: backing you up, but because the Most High God has 184 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 2: your back. He's watching over you. He's pushing back forces 185 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 2: of darkness. He's not allowing that sickness to take you out. 186 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 2: He's not letting those people keep you down. They may 187 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 2: have shown up, but God sees it. He knows what's happening, 188 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 2: and he is. 189 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: On his way. Quit worrying, quit losing sleep. 190 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 2: God has you in the palm of his hand. He 191 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 2: never asked us to figure out the how. In fact, 192 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 2: the scripture says, trust in the Lord with all your heart, 193 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 2: lean not to your own understanding. If you only lean 194 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:27,479 Speaker 2: to your understanding, you're going to get frustrated. Because sometimes 195 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 2: there is no logical solution, there's no way out in 196 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 2: the natural. 197 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 1: But we serve a supernatural God. 198 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,839 Speaker 2: He can make things happen that we couldn't make happen. 199 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 2: When Victoria and I had been married about two years, 200 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 2: we lived in an apartment complex and one evening we 201 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 2: were out walking through this nice neighborhood with big trees 202 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 2: and beautiful two story homes. We came to this one 203 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 2: house that was under construction and it was just about finished. 204 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 2: It was late in the day, no one was working, 205 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 2: so we went to look at it. 206 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: The front door was unlocked, so we walked in. It 207 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:04,839 Speaker 1: was so beautiful. 208 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 2: I'll never forget the tall ceilings, the big curved windows, 209 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,199 Speaker 2: it was all so spacious and well done. As we 210 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 2: were walking out the front sidewalk, Victoria stopped, turned around 211 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 2: and said, Joel, one day we're going to live in 212 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 2: a house just like this. 213 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 1: That was so far out of my. 214 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 2: Thinking, so unbelievable. I couldn't even fathom it. 215 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 3: Now. 216 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,959 Speaker 2: I started telling her all the reasons why it wasn't 217 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 2: going to happen. I said, Victoria, that's impossible. This is 218 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 2: how much we make I work for a ministry, even 219 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 2: if we say for years, we wouldn't have enough. I 220 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 2: went on and on that no more affected her. She said, no, Joel, 221 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 2: I know down in my spirit is going to happen. 222 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 2: The more she believed, the more aggravated that made me. 223 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 2: I did my best to convince her to be a doubter. 224 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:02,079 Speaker 2: Come on, we're limited well enough, we're at a disadvantage. 225 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 2: Her attitude was no, thanks. I know who I am. 226 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 2: I am blessed, I am favored, i am anointed. I'm 227 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 2: a child of the most High. I wonder how many 228 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 2: times we're doing like I did. I can't get well 229 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 2: have you seen the medical report. I'll never break this addiction. 230 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 2: I've had it since high school. My business will never succeed. 231 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 2: I don't have the resources, the connections. 232 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 1: All this time, you're focused on. 233 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 2: The how, thinking about what you can't do, what you 234 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 2: don't have. God is saying, let me take care of 235 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 2: the how. You just focus on the who. You Believe 236 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 2: that you're my child, Believe that you have an advantage. 237 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: Believe that I'm a good father. 238 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 2: Believe that I will take care of you, heal you, 239 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 2: restore you, favor you, prosper you. We would walk that 240 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 2: pass several times a week. Every time Victoria would say, 241 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 2: there's that house. 242 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: We're going to live in something like that. 243 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 2: One day, hearing that over and over, she started to 244 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 2: convince me, you've heard that saying if you can't beat them, 245 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 2: join them. She wasn't going to sit down to where 246 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 2: I was, so I decided to rise up to where 247 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 2: she was. Don't let people speaking doubt, defeat, negativity. 248 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: Cause you to give up on your dreams. 249 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 2: Instead of letting them talk you out of it, you 250 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 2: need to keep saying it so much that you talked 251 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 2: them into it. Several years later, we bought an old 252 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 2: Rundown house on a nice piece of property close into 253 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 2: the city. The day we closed on the house, we 254 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 2: were standing in the front yard. A car pulled up 255 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 2: and stopped. This lady got out and said she was 256 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 2: a relator. She asked if we wanted to sell the property. 257 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,319 Speaker 2: I said no, we just bought it. She said, well, 258 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 2: how about selling it for a significant profit. I told 259 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 2: her that we wanted to keep it. She said, congratulations, 260 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 2: you just bought your dream house. 261 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: I didn't know what she was talking about. 262 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 2: A few months later, the neighborhood changed the deed restrictions 263 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 2: where you could subdivide the lots. 264 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 1: A year later, we. 265 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 2: Sold half the property for more than we bought the 266 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 2: whole property for. A builder built two homes on it, 267 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 2: one for us. We sold that home and bought a 268 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 2: house down the street from the original house. Victoria said 269 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 2: we were going to live in. When we moved in, 270 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 2: I said, Victoria, here's this house. I always said we 271 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 2: were going to live in. 272 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: She almost didn't even. 273 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 2: Let me say there are you trying to figure out 274 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 2: the house? 275 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: Leave that up to God. You focus on the who. 276 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 2: Lord, Thank you that I'm your child, that You've chosen me, 277 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 2: that you've ordered my steps. You said your plans for 278 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 2: me are for good. You said you would do more 279 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 2: than I can ask, think or imagine. One time, the 280 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 2: disciples asked Jesus how to pray, and he gave them 281 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 2: what we know now as the Lord's Prayer. He started 282 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 2: off saying, our Father, who aren't in Heaven. 283 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: Goes on to talk about give us. 284 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 2: Our daily bread, protect us from evil, help us to forgive, 285 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 2: on and on. But it's significant that before we ask 286 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 2: for our needs, before we ask for protection for guidance, 287 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 2: God said, I want you to acknowledge who you are. 288 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: I want you to see yourself as my child, our father. 289 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: You're saying, God, I know who I am. I belong 290 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: to you. You're my father. 291 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 2: You created me, you love me, you care for me, 292 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 2: you protect me, you favor me. 293 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: If you don't know who. 294 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 2: You are, then the rest of this prayer is not 295 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 2: going to be effective. You can't ask in faith for 296 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 2: the daily bread, the protection, the provision if you don't. 297 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: Know you're his child. 298 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 2: You may have some house, you don't know how you're 299 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 2: going to finish school, how your family is going to 300 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 2: stay together, how you're going to come out. 301 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: Of that depression. But if you'll just keep the who. 302 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 2: God, You're my father, I'm your child. God, I trust you. 303 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 2: When you know the who, God will take care of 304 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 2: the hows. 305 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: Luke Chapter one. 306 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 2: There's the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus. She 307 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 2: was a teenager living in Nazareth, one of the poorest 308 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 2: cities of that region. An angel appeared to her and 309 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 2: said that she was going to have a baby without 310 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 2: knowing a man. 311 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: He said he would be the Messiah. They were to 312 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: name him Jesus. Mary was confused. She thought, that's impossible. 313 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: You can't have a baby without a man. That defies 314 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: the laws of nature. 315 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 2: She said to the angel, how can I have a baby? 316 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 2: I'm a virgin. Mary had a how. I don't see 317 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 2: how this can happen. The angel said, the Holy Spirit 318 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 2: will come upon you. The power of the Most High 319 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 2: will overshadow you, and you will have this child. He 320 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 2: was saying, in effect, Mary, don't worry about the how. 321 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: God will take care of the how. 322 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 2: Like Mary a howl. God's given you a promise, but 323 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 2: seems impossible. 324 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: How can you get well? How can you come out 325 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: of death? How can you accomplish your dream? God is 326 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: saying to you. 327 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 2: What he said to Mary, The power of the Most 328 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 2: High will overshadow you. One version says, overtake you those 329 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 2: dreams that look impossible. You're going to see God's favor 330 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 2: overtake you. Healing, overtake you, Freedom, overtake you. Overtake means 331 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 2: you can't outrun it, you can't hide from it. 332 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: The power of. 333 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 2: The Most High is going to make things happen that 334 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 2: you couldn't make happen. Don't worry about the house may 335 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 2: seem too big, too late, too far, too much. 336 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: That's the way Mary felt. Listen to what she said. 337 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 2: She could have doubted like I did. Who will never 338 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 2: live in a house like that? 339 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: Are you kidding? Have a baby without a man? 340 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 2: But Mary said in verse thirty eight, I am the 341 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 2: Lord's child. Accept whatever he wants. May everything you said 342 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 2: come true. Instead of focusing on the how, she switched 343 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 2: over to the who I know? Who I am the 344 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 2: Lord's child, I am favored, I am blessed, I am anointed. 345 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 1: Why don't you do like Mary and leave the. 346 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 2: Howl up to God and just stay focused on who 347 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 2: you are. 348 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: Lord. 349 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 2: Thank you that you're my father, that you're working in 350 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,360 Speaker 2: my life, that you're taking me where I can't go 351 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 2: on my own. 352 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: God is going to put dreams in your heart that 353 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: seem impossible. 354 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 2: Obstacles will come that look too big, enemies too strong. 355 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 2: That's when it's easy to let the howls talk you 356 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:42,360 Speaker 2: out of it. 357 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 1: I don't see how this can work out, Joe. You 358 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: don't have to. The how is not up to you. 359 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: The power of the Most High is going to work 360 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: it out. 361 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 2: Take the pressure off yourself. Quit living worried, frustrated. It's 362 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 2: not going to be by your strength, by your ability, 363 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 2: but by the spirit of the living God. The Angel 364 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 2: told Mary that it was going to happen without knowing 365 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 2: a man. He was talking about the physical, but this 366 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 2: has a deeper meaning. God was showing us that you're 367 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 2: not dependent on people. What you're believing for can happen 368 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 2: without a man. Well, if I can just get this 369 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 2: manager to like me, if I can get this friend 370 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 2: to give me a good break, you don't need who 371 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 2: you think you need. When it's your time, the power 372 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 2: of a Most High will overtake you. When God shows up, 373 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 2: nothing can stand in his way. Chains will break, doors 374 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 2: will open, Opportunity will come if it can happen without 375 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 2: a man, then it can happen without a bank, without 376 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 2: the treatment, without the experience, without the resources. 377 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: God is about to surprise you, Like with Mary. 378 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 2: It's going to be something you've never seen, something that's 379 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 2: never happened in your family, something that defies the odds 380 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 2: catapults you into your destiny. I talked to a young 381 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 2: lady that had big dreams. She knew God's hand was 382 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 2: on her, but she made poor decisions. She was at 383 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 2: the wrong place the wrong time. She ended up in prison. 384 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,199 Speaker 2: She was so depressed and so down on herself that 385 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 2: she didn't want to live. 386 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:23,160 Speaker 1: Someone gave her one. 387 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 2: Of my books and she started reading it. Hope began 388 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 2: to feel her heart. Dreams started coming back to life. 389 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 2: She got her passion back. 390 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: She believed that she was. 391 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 2: Still a child of God, redeemed and forgiven. The problem 392 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 2: was the how how could she fulfill her purpose. She 393 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 2: was in prison, looked like she would be there for 394 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 2: many years, but through a series of unusual events, she 395 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 2: was unexpectedly released years ahead of schedule. When the power 396 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 2: of the most high overtakes you, doors will open that 397 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 2: shouldn't open. She went back to school and got her 398 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 2: master's degree in counseling, then her PhD. Now she's helping 399 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 2: people that were like her in a dark place struggling 400 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 2: with depression. She said, I never dreamed I would be. 401 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:14,199 Speaker 1: Where I am. 402 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 2: You don't have to figure out the how, Just get 403 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 2: the who right and God will take care of the how. 404 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 2: You may have made mistakes, that's not. 405 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: Who you are, that's what you did. 406 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 2: You are still a son, a daughter of the Most High, forgiven, redeemed, restored, 407 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 2: called equipped, chosen, and anointed. Keep your shoulders back, hold 408 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 2: your head up high. The enemy would love for you 409 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 2: to go through life with your who messed up thinking 410 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 2: you've blown it, You missed your chance. You're not worthy, 411 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 2: not valuable. Just sit on the sidelines. 412 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: Don't believe those lies. 413 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 2: Nothing you've done has changed who you are. No mistake 414 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 2: you've made has disquali. When you gave your life to Christ, 415 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 2: you were. 416 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: Born into God's family. You can't get unborn. His calling on. 417 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 2: Your life doesn't go away because you've made mistakes. He 418 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 2: took wrong turns, you got off course. 419 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: You are still his child. 420 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 2: In the scripture, God told Jonah to go one way, 421 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 2: but he went the other. He knew what he was 422 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 2: supposed to do, to go to the city of Nineveh 423 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 2: tell them to repent, but he went exactly opposite. 424 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: He ended up on a boat in the middle of 425 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: a huge storm. 426 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 2: He finally admitted to the crew that he was the problem. 427 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 2: They were so grateful, they said, thank you, Jonah. They 428 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 2: threw him overborne. He should have been done. This should 429 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 2: have been the end of his story, but it just 430 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 2: so happened. There was a big fish that swallowed Jonah. 431 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 2: Even when we make mistakes, even when we bring trouble 432 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 2: on ourselves, God is so merciful, He'll still protect us. 433 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: He'll still provide a way of escape. 434 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 2: Jonah was sitting in the belly of that well, seaweed 435 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 2: wrapped around his head. 436 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 1: It was dark, smelly. 437 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 2: He didn't see how he could get out. He could 438 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 2: have complained, been depressed. He said in verse seven, my 439 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:20,679 Speaker 2: life was slipping away. Then I remembered the Lord, my God. 440 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 2: He was saying, in effect, I was just about done. 441 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 1: Then I remembered who I am. 442 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 2: He started thanking God in the belly of the well. 443 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 2: The how looked impossible. How could he get out? How 444 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 2: could he survive? All the odds were against him. But 445 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 2: as he was thanking God. The scripture says God caused 446 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 2: the fish to spit him up on dry ground. You 447 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 2: don't have to figure out the how God controls the universe. 448 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 2: He controls fish. One time he told Peter to go 449 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 2: to the lake, and the first fish he caught had 450 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 2: coins to pay their taxes. God controls the economy, He 451 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 2: controls answers. 452 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: He even controls your enemies. 453 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 2: The scripture says God caused. 454 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: Pharaoh to harden his heart. 455 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 2: When you remember who you are, God will cause things 456 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:14,919 Speaker 2: to happen. The medical report doesn't look good, don't worry. 457 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 2: God can cause you to get well. He controls the 458 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 2: number of your days. People at work are against you. 459 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 2: They're more powerful, have more influence. God will cause you 460 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 2: to overcome. That's not your battle. The how is not 461 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 2: up to you. The battle is the Lord's. Your business 462 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 2: seems stuck, look like you've reached your limits. 463 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 1: God will cause you to succeed. 464 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 2: He'll cause opportunities to come your way. When you know 465 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 2: who you are, you won't get discouraged by the how. 466 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 2: You know the Lord will cause things to happen. I 467 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 2: believe even now, God is causing your health to turn around. 468 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 2: He's causing that depression, that anxiety, that fear to leave. 469 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 2: He's causing the right people to find. He's causing you 470 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 2: to conceive that baby you've been dreaming about. He's causing 471 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 2: that trouble in your family to resolve, causing that child 472 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 2: to get back on course. You couldn't make it happen. 473 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 2: The odds were against you. But suddenly things are going 474 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 2: to fall into place. Well, Joel, this sounds good, but 475 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,120 Speaker 2: I don't see how it can happen. Neither did Jonah, 476 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 2: neither did Mary, neither did David. 477 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: But the how is not your job. 478 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 2: You focus on the who and let God take care 479 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 2: of the how. He parted red seas, he brought water 480 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 2: out of a rock. He caused Isaac to prosper in 481 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 2: a famine, Sarah to have a baby at eighty four leopards, 482 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 2: to defeat a huge army. He knows how to get 483 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 2: you to your destiny. And in difficult times, when life 484 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 2: is not fair, when we've made mistakes, gone through disappointments, 485 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 2: that's when it's easy to get discouraged, give up on 486 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 2: that dream. 487 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 1: You have to remember who you are. 488 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 2: Father, Thank you that I am your child, that you 489 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,919 Speaker 2: have me in the palm of your hand, that you 490 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 2: are making ways where I don't see away, that you 491 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 2: will get me to where I'm supposed to be. When 492 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 2: we greet people, we often ask how are you? If 493 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 2: we were honest, sometimes we'd answer I'm lonely, I'm fighting 494 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 2: an illness, I've been through a loss, I'm in a. 495 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: Belly of a well. 496 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 2: That's how you are, but that's not who you are. 497 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 2: Circumstances may have taken your how. The good news is 498 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 2: they couldn't. 499 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 1: Take your who. You may have been through. 500 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 2: Disappointments, bad breaks, loss that didn't affect your identity. 501 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: You are still His child. 502 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 2: You are still blessed, You are still favored, You are 503 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 2: still forgiven. You still have an awesome destiny to fulfill. 504 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 2: Quit worrying about the how and start focusing on the who. 505 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 1: If you'll do. 506 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 2: This, I believe and declare life with Mary, the power 507 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 2: of the most High is about to overtake you. Dreams 508 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 2: that look impossible are about to come to pass. Problems 509 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 2: that seem permanent are about to turn around. Healing is coming, 510 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 2: Breakthroughs are coming, freedom is coming, the fullness of your 511 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 2: destiny in Jesus' name and if you receive it, can 512 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,159 Speaker 2: you say him in today? 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It's 524 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 2: amazing what happened when you take a few moments throughout 525 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 2: the day to connect with God. A moment to thank 526 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 2: him for his goodness, a moment to declare his promises, 527 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,199 Speaker 2: a moment to remember that he's working. Now. Love to 528 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 2: send you a new resource, three minute Moments with God. 529 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:18,400 Speaker 2: These short readings will help you refocus your thoughts, gain 530 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:21,959 Speaker 2: a fresh perspective knowing that God is ordering your steps. 531 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 2: You don't need hours to connect with God. 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