1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is joelan Victorium. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:16,240 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's always a joy to come into 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 9 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: again for coming out today. I like to start with 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: something funny, and I heard about this man. He was 12 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: the only Protestant in a large Catholic neighborhood. Every Friday 13 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,639 Speaker 1: during Lent, while his neighbors were eating cold fish, he 14 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: was in the backyard grilling a steak. They couldn't stand 15 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: the temptation and decided to try to convert him to Catholicism. 16 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: He finally agreed. A priest came over and sprinkled water 17 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: on his head, said, you were born a Baptist, you 18 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: were raised a Baptist, but now you're a Catholic. The 19 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: next year, on the first Friday of lent. They smelled 20 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 1: the same smell in the air. They rushed to his backyard. 21 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: He was back there sprinkling water over his steak, saying, 22 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: you were born a cow, you were raised a cow, 23 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: but now you're a fish. Hold up your Bible and 24 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 25 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 26 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 27 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 28 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 29 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 30 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 31 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: about are you listening right now? There are hundreds of 32 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: radio frequencies in the air, hundreds of television signals all 33 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: around us, yet we're not receiving any of them. The 34 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: reason is we're not tuned in. If we were to 35 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: get a radio tuned to that frequency, we would hear 36 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: what the station was saying. In the same way, God 37 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: is constantly transmitting to us. He wants to lead us, 38 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 1: guide us, protect us, give us insight, but too often 39 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: we're not tuned to his frequency. You have to pay 40 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: attention to what you're feeling down in here. God doesn't 41 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: speak to us most of the time out loud like 42 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: you see on the movies. He speaks to us through 43 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: subtle things. You have an unrest and uneasiness, you don't 44 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:33,399 Speaker 1: feel good about something that's not just your nerves. That's 45 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,239 Speaker 1: God saying, go slow, be careful, there's danger up ahead. 46 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: It can be a prompting, a suggestion. All of a sudden, 47 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: you have a desire to check on your child, to 48 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: call a friend, to start a new class. It's easy 49 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: to think, oh, I don't need to do that. Now 50 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: you've heard the phrase trust your gut. A better way 51 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: to put it is trust your censor. That's God telling 52 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: you what to do. There are times that God will 53 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: give you intuition. You just know something. You can't explain it. 54 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: You don't have facts to back you up. You just 55 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: know that you know that you know. Don't override that, 56 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: don't talk yourself out of it. That's God giving you 57 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: inside information, helping you to know things that you wouldn't 58 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: normally know. Some people say that's the universe talking to you. 59 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: I like to add two words. That's the creator of 60 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: the universe talking to you. That's your heavenly father. He 61 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,399 Speaker 1: didn't just put you on the earth and say good luck. 62 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: You're on your own. I hope you make it. No, 63 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: he's given you a helper, a guide, a counselor His 64 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: spirit lives in you. The question is are you listening. 65 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: In nineteen ninety nine, I was eating dinner at my 66 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: house one evening. My father called and asked me if 67 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: I would speak for him that Sunday at Lakewood. In 68 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: my thirty six years, i'd never ministered one time before. 69 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: I didn't have any desire to be up in front 70 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: of people. I liked being behind the scenes. I said, 71 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Daddy, that's just not who I am. I'm 72 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: not a minister. He laughed and said, well, let's find joy. 73 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: At least I wanted to ask you. When I sat 74 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: back down to finish eating my dinner, something said so strongly, Joel, 75 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: you need to do It. Wasn't out loud, it was 76 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 1: just an impression, a knowing. I can't explain it. It 77 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: didn't make sense to my mind. Every voice of reasoning 78 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: said don't do it. But I couldn't get away from it. 79 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 1: Called my father back, said I changed my mind. I 80 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: ministered for him that next Sunday. What I didn't realize 81 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: is that would be the last Sunday of my father's life. 82 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: The next Friday, he had a heart attack in wit 83 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: to be with the Lord. Had I not ministered that Sunday, 84 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if I would have had the courage 85 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: to step up and pasture the church. God knows what's best. 86 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: He knows what you need and when you need it. 87 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: He knows how to put you at the right place 88 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: at the right time. He knows where the danger is, 89 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: where the good breaks are. Now I could have overridden 90 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: that feeling, ignored it, listened to my mind, thought that's crazy. 91 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: I'm not getting up there. No, I've learned to trust 92 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 1: my censor. That's one of my strengths. I won't go 93 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: against what I'm feeling down in here. In my mind. 94 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,919 Speaker 1: It may seem impossible. All the odds are against me. 95 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: I don't have the qualifications, but if I feel good 96 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: about it in my heart, I'm going to move forward. 97 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: On the other hand, if there's an unrest and uneasiness 98 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: I don't have peace, it can be a once in 99 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 1: a lifetime opportunity and I'm going to pass. Don't ignore 100 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 1: the promptings the impressions, the knowings. That's God talking to you, 101 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: and Proverbs three says, listen to God's voice in everything 102 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: you do and every where you go. He's the one 103 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: who will keep you on the best path. God wants 104 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: to help you in your everyday life, not just big decisions, 105 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: but even small things. Now, I wonder how much more 106 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: favor we would have, how much less frustration and heartache 107 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 1: we would see, if all through the day we would 108 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: be sensitive to what we're feeling. The promptings, the suggestions, 109 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: the uneasiness at the mall. We don't feel good about 110 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: that purchase, no big deal, we put it back at 111 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: the office. We feel an unrest toward a certain person, 112 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: we back away. At home, we feel a prompting to 113 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: spend time with our child. We obey. At night, we 114 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: hear that suggestion turn off the TV, go to bed, 115 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: you need your rest. We turn it off. In the kitchen, 116 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: about to eat our third piece of pecan pie, we 117 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: hear the voice saying, don't do it. Instead of saying 118 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: get behind me, satan, we walk away. Pay attention to 119 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: what you're feeling. Don't ignore the impressions, the promptings. God 120 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: speaks to us in a still small voice. It's not thunder. 121 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: He's not going to boom out lightning to get your attention. 122 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: It's not going to flash it across your TV screen. 123 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: My son speak for your father this Sunday. It's going 124 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: to be subtle. If you're going to hear a whisper, 125 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: you've got to get close. You've got to be tuned in. 126 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: It's got to be a priority. You're not going to 127 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: hear it by accident with the busyness of the day, 128 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: the stress of the office, running here and there on purpose. 129 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: You have to ask yourself, what are my feeling? What 130 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: am my sensing? Take time to get quiet, develop this 131 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: art of listening. I was at the mall one time 132 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: and I found this tide that I really liked. When 133 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: I find something that I like, it doesn't take me long. 134 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: I don't debate it, I don't overanalyze it. Like most men, 135 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: we don't need two hours in the store. Give us 136 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: ten minutes and we'll find what we need. I walked 137 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: up to the counter to pay, and I heard something 138 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: say to me, not my mind, but my heart, Joel, 139 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: don't buy it now, just wait. It wasn't thunder, wasn't lightning. 140 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: Flashing across the sky. It was just a small uneasiness, 141 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: just a slight check. If you're not tuned in, you'll 142 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: ignore it and you'll move on. And in the natural, 143 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: there was no reason why I shouldn't buy the tie. 144 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 1: But I had that check and I told Victoria, I 145 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: think I'm going to wait, and I set it down. 146 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: A couple of hours later, just before we were to 147 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 1: leave the mall, Victoria wanted to run into one last store, 148 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: and I never shop at this store, but I went 149 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: with her. As we were passing the men's department, she said, Joel, 150 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: there's that exact tie you wanted to buy. I walked over, 151 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: picked it up. It was marked down to half price. 152 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: I felt real good about it. Then, if you will 153 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: pay attention to these impressions, fall of these promptings, you'll 154 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: see God's goodness in your everyday life. I pray each morning, God, 155 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: help my spiritual ears to be open and sensitive to 156 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: your voice. God, help me to hear what you're saying today. 157 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 1: That God is not speaking, it's not that he's not 158 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: giving us direction. It's the fact that we're not always 159 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: paying attention. If we'll listen in everything we do and 160 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: everywhere we go, God will lead us down the best path. 161 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: He wants to give you wisdom, direction, protection, guidance that 162 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: will save you heartache, make your life easier, give your 163 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: breaks that'll put your years ahead. I have a friend 164 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: that bought some property way out in the middle of nowhere. 165 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,079 Speaker 1: He hardly paid anything for it, less than one hundred 166 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: dollars an acre. He bought several hundred acres. On the surface, 167 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: it's it seemed like that he had wasted his money. 168 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: The land was dry and barren. You couldn't grow crops 169 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: on it. You couldn't raise cattle. It was like the desert, 170 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: just rocks, clay, and cactus. He would go out from 171 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: time to time and check on it. It always puzzled 172 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: me as to why he bought that property. I thought, 173 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: surely he must have some family up in that area. 174 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: One day we were talking and it came up, and 175 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: I asked him why he purchased it. He said, Joel, 176 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: I don't really know. I was just driving by it 177 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: and I felt drawn to it. I felt such a peace. 178 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: I knew that property was supposed to be mine. I 179 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: thought to myself, the next time you feel drawn to something, 180 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: you need to do your research first. You need to 181 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: find some property that's going to increase in value. Didn't 182 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: make sense to me. Fifteen years later, he was notified 183 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 1: that the state was putting in a new highway. It 184 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: was going to go right through his property. They had 185 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: to buy him out. He sold that for more than 186 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: one hundred times what he paid for it. Next time 187 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: he buys property, I'm buying next door. This man is 188 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:15,079 Speaker 1: an older gentleman. He's kind of country. A reporter from 189 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: the regional newspaper was talking to him and said, sir, 190 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: you really know how to pick a good piece of property. 191 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: He said, yes, my father told me about this. The 192 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: reporter said, I didn't know your dad was in real estate. 193 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: The man pointed up and said, no, I'm talking about 194 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: my heavenly father. He knows where everything is. But how 195 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: could he have possibly chosen that piece of property over 196 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 1: all the other pieces of property. Here's how he was 197 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: tuned in to the right frequency. He followed the impression 198 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 1: on the inside. When you listen to the still small voice, 199 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:55,839 Speaker 1: you'll come across favor, good breaks, supernatural opportunities. God will 200 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: give you insight to know things that you had no 201 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: way of knowing. You just feel it. You can't explain it. 202 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: You don't have facts backing you up. You don't have 203 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 1: twenty years worth of research. But you do have the 204 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 1: spirit of the Most High God on the inside. You 205 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: have a helper, a counselor a researcher, an advisor, a protector. 206 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: He's talking. Make sure you're listening. My brother in law, Kevin, 207 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: told how his washing machine had broken at his house. 208 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: Kevin's very good with his hands. He's mechanically minded. He 209 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: can fix just about anything. He pulled the Washington machine 210 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: out to take a look at it. He disconnected the 211 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: hoses in the back, he turned the water off. They're 212 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: at the fawcet in the wall. He knew he needed 213 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: some more parts and was going to work on it later. 214 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 1: As he was about to leave the house, something said 215 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: to him, again, not out loud, just an impression. Wasn't 216 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: even thinking about it. It said, Kevin, you need to 217 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: put a cap on that fawcet in case the valve breaks. 218 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: When you turn the fawcet off for your washing machine. 219 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: You don't normally need to put a cap on it. 220 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: But he heard this distinctly several different times. Kevin thought, 221 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: I'm just being overly cautious. I don't need the cap, 222 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 1: but it's not going to hurt anything. He left the house. 223 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: Three hours later, he received a phone call, Kevin, come home. 224 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: There's water all over your floors, the kitchen, the den, 225 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 1: the living room. He said, Joel, I heard it so strongly, 226 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 1: but I ignored it. Friends, God wants to make your 227 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: life easier if you will listen. In everything you do 228 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: and everywhere you go, God can save you from bad breaks, 229 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: from heartache, from difficulties. All of us can look back 230 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: and say, like Kevin, I knew I was supposed to 231 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: stay away from that person. I knew I was supposed 232 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: to start eating better. I knew I was supposed to 233 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,319 Speaker 1: be more disciplined. We ignore it and it ended up 234 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: making our life more difficult. One time, my father was 235 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: driving on the feeder. He was about to get on 236 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: the freeway. He's in a big hurry, going twenty miles 237 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: an hour over the speed limit. As he approached a curve, 238 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: something said to him, you better slow down. There's a 239 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: policeman around the corner. He heard it very clearly, but 240 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: he ignored it. He got around the corner and sure enough, 241 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 1: there was a police officer had his radar gun out 242 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: pulled my father over to give him a ticket. When 243 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: the officer came up to the window, my dad had 244 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: a big smile on his face. He said, officer, you're 245 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: not going to believe this, but God told me you 246 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: were here. That policeman looked at my dad like he 247 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: was from another planet. He took his driver's license. He 248 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: came back in a few minutes. He said, listen here, preacher. 249 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna let you go, but the next time God 250 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: speaks to you, you better listen. A friend of ours 251 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: was a Methodist minister for many years, very popular on television. 252 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: He had this long southern drawing got pulled over by 253 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 1: a policeman. He said, oh, officer, don't give me there 254 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: be a ticket. I'm just a poor old preacher. The 255 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: officer said, I know that. I heard you last Sunday 256 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: on television. The point is, don't override the alarms. When 257 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: you feel uncomfortable, the uneasiness, the alarm is going off, 258 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: pull back and see what God is saying. You may 259 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: be in the middle of a conversation and the alarm 260 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: goes off. You know you're supposed to walk away. Don't 261 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: ignore it. Or you're about to purchase something, you're about 262 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: to make some plans, and you feel that check, that uneasiness, 263 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: that alarm. That's not random. That's God talking to you. 264 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: If you'll learn to listen, God can keep you from trouble. 265 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: He can keep you from danger. The scripture calls these promptings. 266 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: In other words, God is not going to force us 267 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: to do it. He's going to prompt us, and then 268 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: it's up to us. Hey, don't buy the tie, put 269 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: a cap on it, slow down on the freeway. It's 270 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: a suggestion, a prompting. If we do obey it. If 271 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: we just ignore it, it's going to make it more 272 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: difficult on ourselves. We'll miss the blessing, the favor, the protection. 273 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: We'll have to deal with things that God could have 274 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: saved us from. A young man I know used to 275 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: do landscaping in our neighborhood. I saw him one day. 276 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: He was all beat up. He had black eyes, his 277 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: lips were swollen, he had this broken wrist, looked like 278 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: he had been in an accident. I asked him what 279 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: had happened. He explained how on his way home from 280 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: work he had gotten carjacked. He was sitting at a light. 281 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: These guys came up, pulled him out of the car, 282 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: beat him up, took his wallet, a lot of his equipment. 283 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: Then he said something interesting. This young man, he wasn't 284 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: necessarily a religious type person, he wasn't raised in church. 285 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: But he said, Joel, the funny thing is, something told 286 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: me to not go home that way, very clearly. On 287 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: the inside. Something said you need to take another route. 288 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: He heard it so strongly that he even answered it 289 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: back in his mind. He thought, why do I need 290 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: to go another way? This is the way I always go. 291 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: That doesn't make sense. There was this debate taking place, 292 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 1: but he ignored it. He said, I realize now that 293 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: was God trying to protect me from danger. The next time, 294 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 1: I'm going to listen. See, God knows where the pitfalls are, 295 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: He knows where the danger is. All through the day, 296 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: be sensitive, pay attention to these promptings. I've learned. God 297 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: won't allow us to make a major mistake without first 298 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: giving us warnings. The scripture says God will always provide 299 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: a way of escape. Could it be that God is 300 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: providing a way out, giving you wisdom, direction, intuition, protection, 301 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,199 Speaker 1: trying to keep you from danger. But like my friend. 302 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 1: You're overwriting it, and it may not be something as 303 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 1: dramatic as he faced. It may be when you're around 304 00:17:56,119 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: a certain person you feel an unrest and uneasiness. That 305 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: alarm is going off. They seem nice, friendly, kind. You 306 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: can't put your finger on it. Something is just not right. 307 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: Don't ignore it. That's God trying to keep you from heartache. 308 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:16,640 Speaker 1: If you'll listen, God will give you discernment. A lot 309 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: of people are not who they say they are. They 310 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: may seem fine on the outside, but they have wrong motives. 311 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,360 Speaker 1: They want to be your friend for what you can 312 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 1: do for them. They're takers and never givers. Once they 313 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,959 Speaker 1: use you up, they'll move on to the next person, 314 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: no matter how good they look, no matter how fine 315 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 1: he is, no matter how much money he has. He 316 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 1: may be tall, dark, handsome, and rich. But if you 317 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:45,959 Speaker 1: hear that alarm going off, you need to be smart 318 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: enough to walk away. All that glitters is not gold. 319 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: Don't override those warnings. If they're not the right person 320 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: for you, that means God has somebody better in store now. 321 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: I've talked to too many people that overrode what they 322 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:06,959 Speaker 1: were feeling. Years later, there's heartache broken dreams, pain. It 323 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,199 Speaker 1: all could have been avoided. Don't be so set on 324 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 1: having it your way that you ignore what you're feeling. 325 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: That uneasiness is not just your nerves, not just you 326 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: being overly cautious. That's God saying keep you distanced, stay away. 327 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: They may be a good person, they're just not good 328 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: for you. This is one of the most important principles 329 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 1: you could ever learn. If you will trust your censor, 330 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: not go against what you're feeling, not override the alarms, 331 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: God will lead you down the best path. You won't 332 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: waste valuable time involved in things that you were never 333 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 1: supposed to be involved in. Have some friends This couple 334 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: that lived in another state. The lady was a very 335 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: gifted singer. She had an incredible voice. She was working 336 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: as an executive at a marketing company, but her dream 337 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: was to be in full time ministry. Wanted to use 338 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: her gift to bless others. One day, she received a 339 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: phone call out of the blue from one of the largest, 340 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 1: most prominent ministries of that time. They offered her a 341 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: full time position to come and lead worship. Her dream job. 342 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: She would not only be singing in large auditoriums all 343 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: over the world, but to many more people through the 344 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: television ministry. She and her husband were on cloud nine. 345 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 1: God had done more than they could even imagine. They 346 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,880 Speaker 1: went out and celebrated, but over the next week or so, 347 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: they both began to feel and unrest. In their mind. 348 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: It was an easy decision. They were excited take the job, 349 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: but in their heart, the alarm was going off. Something 350 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: was saying, be careful, this is not right. The husband 351 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: felt it so strongly, but he didn't want to say 352 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 1: anything to his wife. He didn't want to dampen her enthusiasm. 353 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 1: He thought it was just his nerves thinking about the 354 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: change and having to move across the country in a 355 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 1: few days. His wife came to him said, honey, you're 356 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: going to think I'm crazy, but we need to talk. 357 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: I don't think I should take the job. He explained 358 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 1: how he felt the same way. When they made the 359 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: decision to not take it. It was like a heavy 360 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: burden had been lifted off of them. They felt a peace. 361 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: What's interesting is a few months later that ministry that 362 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: they were going to join was involved in a huge controversy. 363 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: It was all over the news. Several months later, ninety 364 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 1: percent of the employees were let go. The ministry basically 365 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: shut down. Here. They would have just moved across the country, 366 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,439 Speaker 1: sold their house, quit their jobs, taken their children out 367 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 1: of school, off for nothing. Friends, God can see the 368 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: big picture for your life. He knows what's best for you. 369 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: Don't override the warnings, don't ignore the unrest. God is 370 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: not trying to keep you from your dreams. He's trying 371 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: to keep you from heartache. He wants to keep you 372 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: on the best path for your life. Will you trust him? 373 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: Colossians three says let peace act as an umpire. An 374 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: umpire calls a safe or out before you make a decision. 375 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 1: See if you have peace before you get into relationship 376 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: with that person. Check your heart. Do you have peace 377 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: before you buy that new car, before you take that job, 378 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,439 Speaker 1: before you eat that crispy Crean doughnut. See if you 379 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 1: have peace. If there's an unrest and uneasiness, then don't 380 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: move forward. Let peace be the umpire. It tells you 381 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: yes or no. How many people get into relationship with 382 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: someone that they didn't have peace about and they end 383 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: up miserable. They buy things they didn't have peace about, 384 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: They end up in debt, They take a job they 385 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: didn't have peace about, they end up frustrated. Here's the key. 386 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: If you don't have peace before you make the decision, 387 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: you're not going to have peace after you make the decision. 388 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: If you don't have peace about that person now, you're 389 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: not going to have peace if you get into relationship. 390 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,439 Speaker 1: If you don't have peace about buying that new car, 391 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: you're not going to have peace when the payments come 392 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: each month. If you don't have peace about taking that job, 393 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: you won't have peace when you go to work each day. 394 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: It may pay more money, be more influential, have more benefits, 395 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,439 Speaker 1: but if you don't have peace, it means it's not 396 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 1: the right job for you. God has something better. Let 397 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: peace be empire. For years, my father tried to buy 398 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: the property across the street from our first small church. 399 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 1: Was a big open field twenty acres, had a bunch 400 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: of cows grazing on it, and at that time Lakewood 401 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: only owned two acres. That was barely enough room for 402 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 1: the services and the people to part. My dad knew 403 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 1: that one day he was going to build a larger sanctuary. 404 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: They were going to expand, so that property was extremely 405 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: valuable to him. He went and met with the owners 406 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 1: and they were willing to sell it. They wanted four 407 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars and that was a fair price back 408 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 1: then twenty thousand dollars an acre. They were even willing 409 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,439 Speaker 1: to finance it. My dad was prepared to present it 410 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,199 Speaker 1: to the congregation start raising the funds. But down in 411 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,919 Speaker 1: here something didn't feel right. He had that unrest. He 412 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: thought it was just his nerves. Tried to push it down. 413 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: A week after week, it wouldn't go away. Every time 414 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 1: he thought about it, he could hear the alarm going off. Finally, 415 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 1: he told the owners that Lakewood wasn't going to purchase it. 416 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: Five years went by. My dad God all stirred up. 417 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: We need that property, We need a bigger sanctuary. He 418 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: went back. The owner said fine, we'll sell it to 419 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: you for the same amount as we asked before. Just 420 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: as he was about to announce it, he could hear 421 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: the alarm going off again. He felt that same uneasiness 422 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,360 Speaker 1: in his mind. It didn't make sense. Now he had 423 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 1: the money, they had the property, but no peace. Five 424 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,920 Speaker 1: years later, ten years after the initial meeting, he went 425 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: back to meet with the owners. This time the market 426 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 1: had gone down the economy was low, and those owners 427 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 1: were desperate to sell. My father walked in. The owner said, 428 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 1: we asked twenty thousand an acre before. How about we 429 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: sell it to you for five thousand an acre now? 430 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: My dad said, I think that would be okay, and 431 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: the property went from four hundred thousand dollars to one 432 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:33,400 Speaker 1: hundred thousand. When you feel an unrest and uneasiness, that's 433 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 1: not God trying to keep something from you. That's God 434 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: trying to get something better to you. Now, don't be 435 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: hard headed. Don't have to settle for second best. Thank well, 436 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do my own thing, my own way. If 437 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: you'll let God lead you, he'll do more than you 438 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: can ask or think. Job. Put it this way. God 439 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: speaks to us in different ways, but we don't always 440 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 1: hear his voice. God is constant transmitting to you. My 441 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: question is are you tuned in? Are you on the 442 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: right frequency? Pay attention to what you're feeling down in here, 443 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: the promptings, the suggestions, the uneasiness. Remember it's a still 444 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: small voice. You're not going to hear this by accident. 445 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: It's got to be a priority. God, What are you 446 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: saying to me today? Not just in the big decisions. 447 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 1: But everywhere you go and in everything you do, be sensitive. 448 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 1: Don't override the warnings, don't ignore the alarms. Let peace 449 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 1: act as the umpire. If you'll do this, God promises 450 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 1: he'll lead you, guide you, protect you, show you his favor, 451 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:47,199 Speaker 1: give you inside information, and I believe and declare you 452 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: will rise higher, overcome every obstacle and become everything God's 453 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,360 Speaker 1: created you to be. In Jesus' name, if you receive it, 454 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 1: can you say him in today? We never like to 455 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: close our without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 456 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 457 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 458 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 459 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 460 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, Keep 461 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 1: God first place. He's going to take you places that 462 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: you've never dreamed of.