1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. God bless you. 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today. I hope you'll 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 1: stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 1: YouTube channel, and social media, and you can come visit 9 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,159 Speaker 1: us in person. We'd love to have you be a 10 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. But I'd like to 11 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: start with something funny. And I heard about this lady 12 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: every day she saw this old man sitting on his 13 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: front porch, rocking in his rocking chair. He always seemed 14 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: to be so happy, and one day she got her 15 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: nerve up went over to him, said, sir, I can't 16 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: help but notice you're always smiling and always in a 17 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: good mood. Tell me what is your secret for such 18 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: a long, happy life? 19 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: He said, that's easy. 20 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: I smoke three packs of cigarettes a day, I eat 21 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: nothing but junk food, and I never exercise. 22 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 2: She said, that's amazing. 23 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: How old are you? 24 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 2: He said, twenty six? 25 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: Don't live like that. Here we go, y'all. This is 26 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 27 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: have what it says I have. I can do what 28 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 29 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 30 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 31 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 32 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 1: to you today about you are very powerful. We all 33 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: face situations that look too big, the opposition too strong, 34 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: the dream too great, the sickness too bad. It's easy 35 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: to live with the weak mentality, intimidated, like we're at 36 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: a disadvantage. This is the way Solomon probably felt. His father, 37 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: David had just passed, and David was an amazing leader. 38 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: He had done great things. Now Solomon was in charge. 39 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: He wasn't a war you're like his father. He didn't 40 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: go around defeating giants and conquering armies. He was suddenly 41 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: thrust into this position. What he was up against seemed daunting, overwhelming. 42 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure he was tempted to shrink back things. This 43 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: is too much. I can't lead these people. But the 44 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: scripture says Solomon took firm control of the kingdom for 45 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,679 Speaker 1: the Lord. His God was with him and made him 46 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: very powerful. And sometimes we see ourselves as limited, not enough, 47 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: less than. But like with Solomon, the Lord, your God 48 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: is with you. He has not just made you powerful, 49 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: but very powerful. What you're up against may be big, 50 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: but it's no match for you. The same power that 51 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: raised Christ from the dead lives in you. It's a 52 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: power so strong that it couldn't keep Jesus. 53 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 2: In the grave. 54 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 1: A power so strong that a teenage shepherd boy defeated 55 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: a giant. Are so strong that prison doors open for 56 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: Paul and Silas. A power so strong that a fiery 57 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,239 Speaker 1: furnace couldn't burn three Hebrew teenagers. A power so strong 58 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: that the Red Sea parted for Moses. That's the power 59 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: that's in you. You are not ordinary, you are not common. 60 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: You are very powerful. Now here's the key. How you 61 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: see yourself will determine whether you see this great power. 62 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: If you think weak, thoughts, insecure, intimidated, this problem is 63 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: too big, I can't accomplish my dreams. I'll never break 64 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: this addiction, then you are canceling out the power you 65 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: have to get in agreement with God. I'm not looking 66 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: at weak people. I'm not looking at average people. I'm 67 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: looking at sons and daughters of the Most High God, Strong, confident, anointed, favored. Resurrection. 68 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: Power is in you. Power to bring dead things back 69 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: to life. You can accomplish your dreams. You can set 70 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: new standards for your family. You can defeat that cancer, 71 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: you can break that addiction, you can end that dysfunction. 72 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 2: It may stop some people, but not you. 73 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: You are very powerful. In the scripture, the Syrian army 74 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: was trying to overtake the Israelites, but every time the 75 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: Syrians made a move, the Israelites knew exactly where they 76 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: were going. They stayed one step ahead. And this happened 77 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: again and again. The Syrian commander was so frustrated. He 78 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: was convinced there was a spy in the camp leaking 79 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: all this inside information. Called his men together and questioned them. 80 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: One of the leaders spoke up and said, Sir, it's 81 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: none of us. There's a prophet in Israel named Elisha. 82 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: Whatever you whisper in secret, he tells the Israelites. The 83 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: commander was so furious he decided to go get Elisha. 84 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: You would think he would take four or five men, 85 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: maybe a dozen. At the most. Elisha wasn't any threat. 86 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: He wasn't in the military, didn't have any weapons. But 87 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: this commander was so afraid of Elisha that he got 88 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: his whole army, thousands of troops, thousands of chariots, all 89 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: to capture one man filled with the spirit of God. 90 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 2: What am I saying? 91 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: Even the enemy knows how powerful you are. He can 92 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: see that you're not weak, you're not average, You're not lacking. 93 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: How much further will you go? How much more will 94 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: you accomplish? How many giants will you defeat? If you'll 95 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: start seeing yourself for who you really are, not just powerful, 96 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: but very powerful, there is a force breathing in your 97 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: direction greater than any force trying to stop you. There's 98 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: not a giant you can't defeat, an obstacle you can't overcome, 99 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 1: an addiction you can't break. No weapon formed against you 100 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: is going to prosper God has armed you with strength 101 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: for every battle. He surrounded you with favor, goodness, and 102 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 1: mercy are following you. He's going before you, making crooked 103 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: place his strength. When the enemy comes against us, one 104 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: way God said he would defeat them and cause him 105 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: to flee. Seven different ways. He said he holds victory 106 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: in store for the upright. There is a power working 107 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,799 Speaker 1: in you that's not of your own ability. It's resurrection power. 108 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: Now get rid of any weak thoughts, defeating thoughts. It's 109 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: too much. I don't have the connections. I'll never meet 110 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: the right person. This dream is out of reach. Have 111 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: a new perspective. This problem may be big, but it's 112 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: no match for me. I am well able, I am 113 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: strong in the Lord. I can do all things through Christ. 114 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: Though I am surrounded by trouble, I will not fear. 115 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: Though I am attacked on every side, I will not 116 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: be afraid, for the Lord is my life, in my salvation. 117 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: The Lord is the strength of my life. If you're 118 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 1: going to tap into this power, you have to think 119 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: power thoughts. Inflation may be high, stock market shaky, banks 120 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: having trouble. You could be worried instead. God, I thank 121 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: you that you're Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord by provider. You 122 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: said even in famine, I would have more than enough. 123 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: You said I would lend and not borrow, that my 124 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: cup would run over. Or the medical report may not 125 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: look good. Experts say you're not going to get well. God, 126 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: you said you would restore health back into me. You 127 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: said I would live and not die. That with long 128 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: life you would satisfy me. Maybe you have children that 129 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: are off course, doesn't look like they'll ever change. God, 130 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: you said. As for me and my house, we will 131 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: serve the Lord. You said, my children will be mighty 132 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: in the land, that from generation to generation we will 133 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: tell of your goodness. Learn to think power thoughts. That's 134 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: how you act, devate the power. When David went out 135 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: to face Goliath, he didn't have a chance in the natural. 136 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: But David understood this principle that there was a force 137 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: working for him that other people couldn't see. He knew 138 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: that the Lord, his God had made him very powerful. See, 139 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: our strength doesn't come from just our own ability, our 140 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: own will power, our own determination. That's all good, but 141 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: you will face times we're on your own. It's not enough. 142 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: The giant is too big, the sickness too strong, the 143 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: trouble too great. 144 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 2: That's when you're going to see the. 145 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: Lord, your God empowering you, a supernatural force enabling you, 146 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: causing you to go further, to defeat giants, to accomplish 147 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: dreams that seem impossible. When David saw Goliath, he could 148 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: have thought, Oh, man, what was I thinking. He's twice 149 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 1: my size. He has a full set of armor. All 150 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: I have is this slingshot. No, David looked at Goliath 151 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: and said, you come against me with a sword and 152 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,839 Speaker 1: a shield, But I come against you in the name 153 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: of the Lord, God of Israel. He was saying, Goliath, 154 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,439 Speaker 1: I may look small, but I'm not on my own. 155 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: There's a force that you can't see, a power that's 156 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: beyond my own ability. The Lord, my God, has breathed 157 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: his power, his favor, his anointing on my life. Victory 158 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: starts in our mind. You can't think weak and be powerful. 159 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: You can't think limited and be strong. You can't think 160 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: fear and have courage. Is your thinking keeping you from 161 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 1: being very powerful? Or wrong? Mindset stopping the strength, the favor, 162 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: the victory that belongs to you. Start thinking power thoughts. 163 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,319 Speaker 1: I am strong, I am well able, I am confident. 164 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: This challenge cannot hold me back. I am full of 165 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: resurrection power. I can run through a true and leap 166 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: over a wall. If God before me, who dare be 167 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: against me? David went on to say, Goliath, this day 168 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: I will defeat you and feed your head to the 169 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: birds of the air. That's how you activate the power, 170 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,079 Speaker 1: not by talking about how you feel, but by talking 171 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:22,359 Speaker 1: about what God says about you. Not by thinking weak, defeated, 172 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: can't do it thoughts, but by thinking power thoughts. And 173 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: we hear these stories about David and stories about Elisha. Think, yes, 174 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: they were powerful, they did amazing things. But man, Joel, 175 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: they were in the Bible. They were called, they were chosen, 176 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: they were anointed. Can I tell you you are called? 177 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: You are chosen, you are anointed. We see them as superheroes, 178 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: and yes, we honor them, we respect who they are. 179 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: But the truth is they were people just like you 180 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: and me. They seemed ordinary, they looked average, yet they 181 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: left their mark to live in their day. You've been 182 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: chosen to live in this day. I am looking at 183 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: modern day David's, Elisia's, Ruth Sarah's Why don't you believe 184 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: that you are very powerful, that you were a giant killer, 185 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: that you were a burial breaker, that you are a 186 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: history maker. Too often we see ourselves as average limited, Joel, 187 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: I'm not powerful, I'm just ordinary. The truth is, some 188 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 1: of the things you've been. 189 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 2: Through should have defeated you. 190 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:35,319 Speaker 1: If you were average. The dysfunction, the trauma, the loss, 191 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: would have taken you out. 192 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 2: The fact that you're still here tells me that you. 193 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: Are very powerful. 194 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 2: That sickness couldn't defeat you. 195 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: Why because you are so powerful. That bad break, the 196 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: person that walked away, the disappointment, should have soured your life. 197 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: But look at you. You're still standing. 198 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 2: You're not bitter, you're blessed. 199 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 1: You're moving forward. You're taking new ground that didn't happen 200 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: on your own. 201 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 2: The Lord, your God. 202 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: Strengthened you when you were weak. He lifted you when 203 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: you fell, He protected you in danger, He favored you 204 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: when it didn't look good. He delivered you from greater enemies. 205 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: If you weren't very powerful, you wouldn't still be here. 206 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: It wasn't just your own mind, your own strength. It 207 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:26,199 Speaker 1: was the Lord, your God, breathing on your life. If 208 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: you're going to reach your highest potential, you have to 209 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: live with this mindset. I am very powerful. I have 210 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: the favor of God. I can accomplish my dreams. I 211 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: can overcome this bad break. I can raise my children 212 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: to serve the Lord. I can leave my mark. There 213 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: was a lady in the scripture named Deborah. She was 214 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: living in a city that was overcome with violence and 215 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: all kinds of wrongdoing. Goden so bad you couldn't even 216 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: travel on the main roads. There was no order. But 217 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: God put a dream in Deborah's heart to do something 218 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:04,599 Speaker 1: about it. The scripture describes Deborah as a mother in Israel. 219 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: This is significant. It's telling us that she didn't have influence, 220 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: the resources. She wasn't in the corporate world. She didn't 221 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 1: have an impressive title, wasn't highly educated. Plus, back in 222 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: those days, women weren't in leadership like they are today. 223 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: They were pushed down and seen as secondary. God could 224 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: have chosen the king to do something about it, or 225 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 1: the governor, city leader, a wealthy businessman. Instead he chose 226 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: this mother. Sometimes God will ask you to do things 227 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: that seem over your head. He'll put dreams in your 228 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: heart that you can't accomplish on your own. You don't 229 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 1: have the resources, the training, the connections. But God wouldn't 230 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: ask you to do it if you weren't well able. 231 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: This is when you have to have the right mindset, 232 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,599 Speaker 1: not weak limited. I'm ordinary, I'm just a mother. No 233 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: turn it around, Lord, My God has made me very 234 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: powerful I'm anointed for this assignment. I'm favored for this mission. 235 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: I'm well able to accomplish this dream. A lot of 236 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 1: times we discount ourselves. I'm just a mother, I'm just 237 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: a student, just a teacher, a businessman, a doctor, a plumber. 238 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 2: No, you're not just anything. 239 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: You're a child of the most High God. He breathed 240 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: his life into you. He put his DNA on the inside. 241 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: He's crowned you with his favor. You have royal blood 242 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: flowing through your veins. Resurrection power lives in you. Keep 243 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: your shoulders back and hold your head up high. Step 244 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: into that greatness that belongs to you. The Debraa could 245 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: have thought, God, I can't do this. I'm a mother, 246 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: I'm not in government. I don't have anybody backing me up. 247 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: Deep down, she understood this principle. I'm not on my own. 248 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: The Lord, my God, has made me very powerful. The scripture, 249 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: the highways were unoccupied, the city was shutting down until Deborah, 250 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: a mother in Israel, arose. She stepped out in faith. 251 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: God calls things to fall into place, and everything turned around. 252 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: How could this mother impact the whole city? Started in 253 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: her thinking she knew who she was she knew the 254 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: favor of God was on her life. She saw herself 255 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: not as limited, but as very powerful. What can you 256 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: change if you start seeing yourself as very powerful? What 257 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: addictions can you break? What barriers can you overcome? What 258 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: dreams can you accomplish? If you'll get rid of weak, 259 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: defeated I'm ordinary mentality and start seeing yourself the way 260 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: God made you to be as very powerful. Friend of 261 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 1: mine struggled with an addiction for many years. He'd gone 262 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: to rehab and support groups several times with no success. 263 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: And he's a good man, he loves the Lord. But 264 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: he was always talking about how strong the addiction was 265 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: and how he didn't have the will power. He was 266 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: constantly down on himself, feeling guilty. As long as you 267 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: see the opposition as stronger, it's going to limit you. 268 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: If you see the sickness, the debt, the trouble as 269 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: more powerful than your perception how you're seeing it is 270 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: going to hold you back. You have to make a 271 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: switch in your thinking that greater is he that's in 272 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: you than what's coming against you. Now. I'm not asking 273 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: you to deny the facts, just have a new perspective. 274 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: This addiction may be powerful, but I know my God 275 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: is all powerful. This sickness may be mighty, but I 276 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: know my God is almighty. This obstacle may be high, 277 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: but I know my God is the most high. The 278 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: power in you is stronger than any power that's trying 279 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: to stop you. 280 00:16:58,240 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 2: My friend changed his perspective. 281 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 1: Instead of seeing the addiction as being so strong, he 282 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: started seeing himself as very powerful. Thoughts told him, come on, 283 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: you're just wishing, You're just hoping. You know you're weak. 284 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: You know you can't do this. You have to learn 285 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,439 Speaker 1: to talk back to yourself. Don't let the negative have 286 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: the final say. When thoughts tell you that you're weak, 287 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: just answer back, no thanks. I am strong in the Lord. 288 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: You can't break it. 289 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 2: No thanks. 290 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: I can do all things, not in my own strength, 291 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: but through Christ, who strengthens me. Well. This addiction is 292 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: too powerful. 293 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 2: No thanks. 294 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: Nothing can stand against my God. He always causes me 295 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: to tryumph. When you get in agreement with God, you 296 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: see yourself as very powerful. That's what allows him to 297 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:49,199 Speaker 1: do great things. 298 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:50,199 Speaker 2: Today. 299 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 1: My friend is not only free from the addiction, he's 300 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: helping other people to get free. It was a ten 301 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: year old boy that lived down the street from this 302 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 1: big bully. The bully was always bothering him and making 303 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: his life miserable. He's trying to get his courage up 304 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: to stand up against the bully, but he looked so 305 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: big and so intimidating he couldn't. 306 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 2: Do it well. 307 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: That Christmas, his father bought him a telescope. He was 308 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: so excited, and one day he was out in the 309 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 1: front yard playing with it. But he was looking through 310 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: the wrong end. He was looking through the big side. 311 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 1: His father came out and said, no, son, you're doing 312 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: it wrong. Turn it around and it will make everything bigger, 313 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:32,640 Speaker 1: like it was designed to do. 314 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:34,360 Speaker 2: The boy said, I know. 315 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 1: That, Dad, but right now I'm looking at this bully 316 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: and it makes him so small that I'm not afraid 317 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: of him anymore. 318 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 2: Maybe you need to. 319 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: Turn the telescope around. You've magnified your problems long enough. 320 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: You've magnified the bullies, the giants, the addiction, the debt. 321 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: No wonder you feel weak, intimidated, not able. 322 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 2: You have to make the switch. 323 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: If you'll change your perspective and start seeing things from 324 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: God's point of view, you'll realize what you're up against 325 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 1: is no match for you. It looks like Goliath, it 326 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: looks daunting. The truth is, you're the one that's very powerful. 327 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: You're the one that has God's favor. You're the one 328 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: that can defeat giants. You're the one that can break 329 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 1: the addiction. The forces that are for you are greater 330 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: than any force that's trying to stop you. But the 331 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: way this is going to happen is if you keep 332 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: your telescope turned around. You can't go around magnifying all 333 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: the negative. You need to magnify what God put in you. 334 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,679 Speaker 1: He didn't just make you powerful, He made you very powerful. 335 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: All through the day. That should be playing in our mind. 336 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: I am very powerful. I have the favor of God. 337 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: I can do all things through Christ. I am strong 338 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: in the Lord. No weapon formed against me will prosper. 339 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 1: I will defeat this giant. I will break this addiction. 340 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: I will leave my family better than they were before. 341 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: How many people go around thinking just the opposite man, 342 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: this problem's too big and I'll never get well. I 343 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: can't get out of this neighborhood. I'm at a disadvantage. 344 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: You can be very powerful and cancel it out with 345 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 1: the wrong mindset. This is what Gideon almost did. He 346 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 1: was hiding in a wine press, afraid, intimidated, thinking the 347 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: opposition was too big. 348 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:31,680 Speaker 2: God sent an angel and. 349 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 1: Said, mighty, hero, the Lord is with you. You are 350 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 1: to deliver the people of Israel from the Midianites. God 351 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: called him a hero. While he was hiding. God called 352 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: him mighty when he felt weak. He called him a deliverer, 353 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: a history maker. When he saw himself as limited, not able, 354 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: God has made you very powerful. The question is how 355 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 1: do you see yourself strong, cough, favored, or do you 356 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 1: see yourself like Gideon? These giants are too big. Can't 357 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 1: do it at a disadvantage. You have to turn that 358 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: telescope around. You're making everything else so powerful. You need 359 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: to start seeing yourself as powerful. Well, Joe, you don't 360 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 1: know how has raised and what I've been through. This 361 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: medical report doesn't look good, and I don't have the 362 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: funds to go to college. This giant is too big. 363 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 1: One touch of God's favor can turn it around. One 364 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 1: slingshot and that giant is defeated. One mother with the 365 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: favor of God, and the city has changed. You're looking 366 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: at how big. 367 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 2: Your problem is. You need to start looking at how big. 368 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: Your God is. He said, He's with you, and he 369 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: has made you very powerful. You are anointed, you are favored. 370 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: You can defeat giants, you can change cities, you can 371 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 1: take your family to a new level. But even after 372 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: the angel called Gideon a mighty hero, Gideon started making excuses. 373 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: He said, how could this happen? I come from the 374 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: poorest family. I'm the least one in this camp. 375 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 2: I don't have the training. I can't lead these people. 376 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: His weak, defeated mentality almost kept him from his destiny. 377 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: He finally did what I'm asking us to do. He 378 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 1: made this switch and saw himself as powerful. He went 379 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 1: out with the whole army, thirty two thousand men. 380 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,120 Speaker 2: He was feeling good, but. 381 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 1: God said, you have too many people. Tell everyone who's 382 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: afraid that they can go home. Twenty two thousand men left. 383 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: Now he only had ten thousand. He wasn't feeling quite 384 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: as confident. God said it again, there's still too many. 385 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: All of them left except three hundred men. He was 386 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: up against an army of thousands. Looked impossible, but they 387 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: went out and defeated the Midianites with just three hundred people. 388 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: God was showing us, you don't. 389 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 2: Need everything you think you need. 390 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: You don't need all those people to be for you. 391 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 1: You don't need to come from a certain family. You 392 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: don't need all that training. God has given you everything 393 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: you need. He's breathed his favor on your life. He'll 394 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: cause the stone to hit the giant at the right place. 395 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: He'll heal you from the cancer. He'll break that addiction. 396 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:26,439 Speaker 1: He'll send the right people across your path. I know 397 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: a man that was in a serious accident years ago 398 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: and wasn't supposed to live. By the grace of God, 399 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,120 Speaker 1: he's alive, but he can't see very well, and he's 400 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 1: had to relearn how to speak and some of his 401 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: other motor skills. Since he couldn't drive, he would take 402 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: the bus to Lakewood every Sunday. I'd always see him 403 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: so faithful. But when we moved from the other location, 404 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: the bus route didn't run from his house to the 405 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: Compact Center where we are now, and he was very concerned. 406 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: He loved coming and said, don't worry about it. We'll 407 00:23:58,640 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 1: have somebody come. 408 00:23:59,280 --> 00:23:59,880 Speaker 2: Pick you up. 409 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: It's no big deal. He said, No, Joel, I'm going 410 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 1: to get the bus route changed. I'm going to convince 411 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: them to send buses by my house to the church, 412 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 1: being the great man. 413 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 2: Of faith that I am. 414 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: I thought to myself, there's no way that's. 415 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 2: Like an act of Congress. 416 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: You need lobbyist money connections. He could have thought like me, 417 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,479 Speaker 1: too bad, what can I do. I don't have the 418 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:29,479 Speaker 1: influence the funds. I'm physically challenged. But he had a 419 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,439 Speaker 1: different mindset. He wasn't a Gideon looking at what he 420 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 1: didn't have. He was like Deborah, a mother, thinking I 421 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: can make a difference. He was like David, this giant 422 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 1: is huge, but I will defeat it. Deep down, he 423 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 1: knew the Lord, his God had made him very powerful. 424 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: He went down week after week to the public transportation meetings, 425 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: told them how he needed buses to run by Lakewood. 426 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: It just so happened that someone that loved Lakewood was 427 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 1: on the committee. God will always have the right people 428 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: at the right place, if you'll just have the boldness 429 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 1: to take the step of faith. Two months later, he 430 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 1: came in one Sunday morning, smiling so big. I'll never 431 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: forget it, he said, Joel, I just got off the bus. 432 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 1: They changed the route and brought me this morning. I 433 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 1: nearly passed out. So often we don't realize who we are. 434 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: We see ourselves as limited, ordinary, when in fact we 435 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: are powerful. One of the staff members at the Transportation 436 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 1: office told me that in twenty years that she worked there, 437 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,919 Speaker 1: she had never seen anything change like that. And if 438 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: you were to see this gentleman in the natural, you 439 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: would think, Hey, he didn't have the influence, he doesn't 440 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: have the funds, he's physically challenged. But God loves to 441 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: take those who are underestimated, those who others discount, and 442 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: cause him to shine brightly to make them very powerful. 443 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:04,120 Speaker 1: I'm asking you get rid of excuses. Quit telling yourself 444 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: why you're limited, at a disadvantage, not enough, been through 445 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: too much. Don't go through life not recognizing who you are. 446 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: The Lord, your God has made you very powerful. You 447 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: are strong, you are anointed, you are favored. You can 448 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: affect change, you can defeat giants, you can accomplish dreams, 449 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 1: you can leave your mark. When thoughts come telling you 450 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,199 Speaker 1: you're weak, you're not enough, you're at a disadvantage, just 451 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: say no, thanks. You have the wrong person. I know 452 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 1: who I am. I am a child of the most 453 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: tied God, and I am very powerful. If you'll do this, 454 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,919 Speaker 1: I believe and declare You're gonna see giants fall, You're 455 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: gonna accomplish dreams that amaze you. God's gonna breathe on 456 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: your life in a new way, favor, healing, breakthroughs, the 457 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, And if you're 458 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: seeing it, can you say amen? 459 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 2: Today? 460 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 461 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 1: the Lord of your life. 462 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? 463 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins, Come 464 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,640 Speaker 1: into my heart. I'll make you my Lord and save 465 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: your If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 466 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: got born again. We'd love to send you some free 467 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: information on your new walk with the Lord. You can 468 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: text the number on the screen or go to the website. 469 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 1: I hope you'll get into a good Bible based church 470 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:35,360 Speaker 1: and keep God first place. When was the last time 471 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,919 Speaker 1: you asked God to do something that seemed impossible? If 472 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: you only pray small, ordinary prayers, you live a small, 473 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: ordinary lie. I have a new book called Pray Bold. 474 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 1: I'll challenge you to stretch your faith and believe of 475 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 1: the big things God puts in your heart. Victoria and 476 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: I used to have seasoned tickets to watch the Rockets 477 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: play basketball here. We never dreamed it could be ours 478 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 1: when they moved out. How we had the faith to 479 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: pray a bold prayer. God made things happen that we 480 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: could never make happen. It's the same for you, who 481 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: knows what God will do in your life. If you'll 482 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: dare to pray bold, ask him for your dreams, ask 483 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 1: for your healing, ask for your freedom. That's when God 484 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: will show up and do more than you could ever imagine. 485 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 486 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 3: of any amount, this month, we would like to send 487 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 3: you a copy of Joel's brand new book, Pray Bold, 488 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 3: Dare to Ask and Believe Big. Joel shares that when 489 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 3: we pray, we can tap into God's creative, awesome power, 490 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 3: something bigger than we have ever imagined. God doesn't want 491 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 3: us to just pray in our comfort zones. No, God 492 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 3: loves when we pray big, believe big, expect Him to 493 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 3: do the unexpected. There are inspiring stories from the Bible, 494 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 3: from history, and personal testimonies of people who dared to 495 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 3: believe God in extraordinary ways. You'll learn how to practically 496 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 3: expand your prayers and watch your life move from the 497 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 3: common to the extraordinary, from less. 498 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: Than to overflowing. 499 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Praybold Today, visit 500 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 3: Joelostein dot com or call us toll free. 501 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: God has put dreams in your heart, things He's whispered 502 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: in the night that seem impossible. 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We're 520 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,720 Speaker 3: logging onto Joeloustein dot com today. 521 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning, 522 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: download our daily podcast Misten on Sirius XM, watch on YouTube, 523 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: and now the new Joel Ostein network streaming on television 524 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: twenty four hours a day. If you've never been to Lakewood, 525 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 1: we have a great opportunity. We called it Homecoming Weekend. 526 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: We love to meet you and your family. You can 527 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: see the building and attend one of the services. It's 528 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 1: a great time to be a part of the Lakewood family. 529 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: Looking forward to seeing your Homecoming Weekend.