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Help let's continue to 36 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 5: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 37 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 5: Visit Joeloustein dot com, slash give Hope to give a 38 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 5: gift today. 39 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. 40 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 6: Thanks for letting us come into your homes today, and 41 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 6: if you're ever in our area, please stop buy be 42 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 6: a part of a service. 43 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 44 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 6: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 45 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 6: about this couple. They were driving down the road when 46 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 6: they came across a sign that said Nakodochius forty miles ahead. 47 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 6: They begin to argue over how to correctly pronounce the 48 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 6: name Nakodochius. 49 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 4: The husband got so upset. 50 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 6: He told his wife when they got to town he 51 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 6: was going to stop and. 52 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 4: Prove to her that she was wrong. They drove silently 53 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 4: thirty minutes. 54 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 6: When he arrived in town, he pulled into the first 55 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 6: fast food restaurant. 56 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 4: They both marched up to the counter. He said to 57 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 4: the young. 58 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 6: Lady working behind it, my wife and I have been 59 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 6: arguing for thirty minutes. Would you please tell us, very slowly, 60 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 6: very clearly, how to pronounce the name of this place, 61 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 6: Young girls, God's got big. 62 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 4: She leaned over the counter and said, Burger keen, say 63 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 4: it like you mean it. 64 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 6: This is my Bible. I am what it says as 65 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 6: I am. I have what it says I have. I 66 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 6: can do what it says I can do. Today I 67 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 6: will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. 68 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 6: My mind is alert, my heart is recepted. I will 69 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 6: never be the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. 70 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about no more hiding. 71 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 6: God has put gifts and talents in you. He's given 72 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 6: you dreams and goals that are unique to your life. 73 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 6: You have something to offer that nobody else has. But 74 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 6: it's easy to let fear hold us back. Fear of failure, 75 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 6: fear of what people will think, fear of the unknown. 76 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 6: What if I try and it doesn't happen, What if 77 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 6: I don't have the talent? 78 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 4: What if people don't accept me. 79 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 6: Too often we're letting the what ifs talk us out 80 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 6: of it. 81 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 4: Many people are living with hidden dreams, hidden talent, hidden potential. 82 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 4: They have books in them. 83 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 6: Songs, business leadership skills, but they're discounting themselves, thinking they're 84 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 6: not as talented as their friend. They've had too many setbacks. 85 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 6: They tried in the past and it didn't work out. 86 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,679 Speaker 6: My message today is very simple. Quit hiding what God 87 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 6: has given you. The scripture says you don't light a 88 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 6: candle and hide it under a bush. When God breathed 89 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 6: his life into you, he lit your candle. He created 90 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 6: you to shine, to make a difference, to leave your mark. 91 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 4: Your gift is not just for you. It's to share 92 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 4: with the world. 93 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 6: We need your talent, we need your creativity, we need 94 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 6: your smile. 95 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 4: Now, don't let fear talk you out of it. You 96 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 4: can't play it safe. 97 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 6: Your whole life and become who you were created to be. 98 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 6: And God will put you in situations on purpose that 99 00:04:54,560 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 6: look too big overwhelming. It's because God knows what's in you. 100 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 6: He knows what you're capable of. 101 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 4: He created you. You'll be tempted to shrink back, play 102 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 4: it safe, hide your gift. 103 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 6: But if you'll take that step of faith, God will 104 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 6: step in and help. 105 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 4: You do what you couldn't do. But here's the key. 106 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 6: You can't wait till the fear goes away, and then 107 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 6: you'll do it. When I get my courage up, then 108 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 6: i'll teach that class, then i'll start. 109 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 4: My business, then i'll go out on that date. The 110 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 4: fear may not go away. You're going to have to 111 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 4: do it in. 112 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 6: Spite of the fear. This is what faith is all about. 113 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 6: I feel afraid, but fear is. 114 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 4: Not going to control my life. I'm going to take 115 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 4: a step of faith. 116 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 6: No one that's ever done anything great in life has 117 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 6: done it without fear. 118 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 4: They felt the fear, but they did it afraid. 119 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 6: When my father went to be with the Lord back 120 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 6: in nineteen ninety nine, I knew I was supposed to 121 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 6: step up and pasture the church, but I had never 122 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 6: ministered I'd spent seventeen years behind the scenes at Lakewood 123 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 6: doing the television production. 124 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 4: I was comfortable in the background. My father tried to 125 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 4: get me up here many times, but I didn't think 126 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 4: I could do it. I didn't know this was in me. 127 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 6: That's why I can tell you with confidence, you have 128 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 6: gifts in you right now that you don't know. 129 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 4: You have talent, skill, potential. You didn't hide it. 130 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 6: God's hidden it until it's the right time. I wasn't 131 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 6: supposed to be ministering when. 132 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 4: My father was alive. I was in training, being prepared, 133 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 4: showing God that I would be faithful. 134 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 6: But when my dad died, I don't know how to 135 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 6: explain it. But I knew I was supposed to pastor 136 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 6: the church. I didn't know if it worn't. I didn't 137 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 6: know if people would come. I didn't know if they 138 00:06:54,880 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 6: would like me. But some moments are destiny moments, now 139 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 6: or never. You either take that step of faith or 140 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 6: that moment will not pass by again. 141 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 4: Now. 142 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 6: I knew that was one of those moments, and I 143 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 6: wish I could tell you that I turned into a 144 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 6: different person all of a sudden. 145 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 4: I was full of faith and courage and power and 146 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 4: I didn't feel any fear. It was just the opposite. 147 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 6: I had never been so afraid in all of my life. 148 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 6: I felt unqualified, inadequate. 149 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 4: When you're close to. 150 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 6: Releasing your gift, you will feel fear more than ever. 151 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 6: That's the enemy trying to deceive you into keeping your 152 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 6: gift hidden. He doesn't want you to shine, he doesn't 153 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 6: want you to go where no one in your family 154 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 6: has gone. He'll work over time to try to convince 155 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 6: you to shrink back, play it safe. That's when you're 156 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,679 Speaker 6: going to have to have this boldness, this confidence that you're. 157 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 4: Going to do it in spite of the fear. Well, 158 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 4: what if I fail? You get up and try again. 159 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,559 Speaker 6: Every failure is preparing you. You will learn more through 160 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 6: failure than you will through success. You'll learn more in 161 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 6: the difficult times where it doesn't work out then you 162 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 6: will in. 163 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 4: The good times. 164 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 6: You can't be so afraid of failure that you won't 165 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 6: get out of your comfort zone. Thomas Edison failed ten 166 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 6: thousand times before he finally invented the light bulb. A 167 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 6: reporter asked him about all of his failures. He said, 168 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 6: I never failed. I just learned ten thousand ways a 169 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 6: light bulb wouldn't work. And even if it doesn't work out, 170 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 6: you're learning, you're growing, You're one. 171 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 4: Step closer to seeing it happened. 172 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 6: And when we come to the end of life, nothing 173 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 6: will be more disappointing than to think what would have 174 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 6: happened if I would have taken. 175 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:51,559 Speaker 4: That step of faith? 176 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 6: What could I have become if I didn't let fear 177 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 6: hold me back? Where would I be if I wouldn't 178 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 6: have hidden my gifts, hid my talents, hid my creativity. 179 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 6: Friend's life is short. Stir up what God's put in you. 180 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 6: Make the most of this day. Don't let the fear 181 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 6: of people, the fear of failure, the fear of being criticized, 182 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 6: hold you back. 183 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 4: Hell, Joel, I. 184 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 6: Don't want anyone judging me. I don't want people talking 185 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:23,199 Speaker 6: badly about me. Can I tell you respectfully? Somebody's talking 186 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:24,199 Speaker 6: about you right now. 187 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 4: Somebody is jealous of your success. Somebody's trying to discredit you. 188 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 6: People are going to talk whether you settle or whether 189 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 6: you stretch. You might as well stretch and pursue what 190 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 6: God put in your heart. The good news, people cannot 191 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 6: keep you from your destiny. What they say doesn't determine 192 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 6: who you are. Every person has negative chatter. It's a distraction. 193 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 6: Tune it out. Quit letting it upset you, Quit being offended. 194 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 6: God hears what they're saying. He'll fight your battles. He'll 195 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 6: be your vindicator. One of the best things I've learned 196 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 6: is everyone is not supposed to be for you. Every 197 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,839 Speaker 6: person is not supposed to like you. 198 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 4: You can't reach your destiny. 199 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 6: Without opposition, without negative chatter, without the critics. Joseph would 200 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 6: have never taken the throne without his brothers throwing him 201 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 6: into a pit. David would have never become king without Goliath. 202 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 6: Jesus would have never risen from the dead and brought 203 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 6: us salvation without Judas betraying him. Quit worrying about who's 204 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 6: not for you. Some enemies are designed as a part 205 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 6: of your destiny. They're not going to stop you, They're 206 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 6: going to promote you. Now, keep running your race, not 207 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 6: looking to the left nor to the right. Not bothered 208 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 6: by who's not celebrating you, who's not cheering you on. 209 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 6: Other people may not be able to see your gifts, 210 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 6: know what God's put in you. They can't feel what 211 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 6: you're feeling. Don't let their discouragement talk you out of it. 212 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 4: Don't let the. 213 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 6: Fear of what they think hold you back. You're not 214 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 6: going to give an account to people of what you 215 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 6: did with your life. 216 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 4: We're going to give an account to God. 217 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 6: Every voice said, Joe, you can't get up and minister. 218 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 6: You can look like a fool. You don't have the training. 219 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 6: Nobody's going to listen. I had a thousand good excuses 220 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 6: to keep my gift hidden. 221 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 4: I was afraid. 222 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 6: I didn't have the experience. I was concerned what people 223 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:35,439 Speaker 6: would think. 224 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 4: But I did what I'm asking you to do. 225 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 6: I did it afraid and no. It wasn't easy the 226 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 6: first couple of months. At times I felt like I 227 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 6: had to hold onto the podium so people couldn't see 228 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 6: that I was shaking. On Saturday nights, I would have 229 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 6: to look at myself in the mirror and say, Joel, 230 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 6: you are well able. 231 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 4: You can do all things through Christ. You are strong 232 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 4: in the Lord. This is your moment. I've learned. 233 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 6: You can talk yourself into your dreams, or you can 234 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 6: talk to yourself out of your dreams. Quit telling yourself 235 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 6: that you can't do it. You don't have a good personality, 236 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 6: you don't have the training. Get rid of those excuses 237 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 6: and start telling yourself what God says about you. You 238 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 6: are strong, you are talented, You are blessed. 239 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 4: You are favored. 240 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 6: You have been fearfully and wonderfully made. When God created you, 241 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 6: he put a part of himself in you. 242 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 4: God is creative. You are creative. God is wise. You 243 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 4: are wise. God is powerful. You are powerful. God is 244 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 4: good looking. You are good looking. That's not in the scripture, 245 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:46,599 Speaker 4: but I like it. 246 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 6: I wouldn't be standing here if I had not learned 247 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 6: to step out even though I felt afraid. 248 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 4: What are you. 249 00:12:54,960 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 6: Hiding your gifts, your personality, Afraid to come out of 250 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,439 Speaker 6: your shell, afraid. 251 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:05,559 Speaker 4: People might not accept you. It's time to let your 252 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 4: light shine. 253 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 6: Quit hiding your smile, brighten our day, Quit hiding your encouragement. 254 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 6: Lift somebody up, Quit hiding your talent. Make the world better. 255 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 6: If God has given you the gift to see, start seeing. 256 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 6: If you can start writing, if you can build, start building, 257 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 6: if you can teach, Start teaching. That gift was not 258 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 6: meant to stay hidden. It's not doing you any good, 259 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 6: nor is it doing us any good. 260 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 4: As long as you keep it to yourself, it has 261 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 4: to be released. 262 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 6: A group of business people were discussing where the wealthiest place. 263 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 4: In the world is. 264 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 6: One of them said, it has to be South Africa, 265 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 6: in the diamond minds, where there's billions of dollars worth 266 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 6: of diamonds. Another said, no, it must be in the 267 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 6: Middle East, in the oil fields, where there's an abundance 268 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 6: of oil. The truth is, wealthiest place on Earth is 269 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 6: not South Africa. It's not the Middle East. The wealthiest 270 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 6: place is in the graveyards. Buried in those graves are 271 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 6: hidden dreams, books that were never written, songs that were 272 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 6: never sung. Business has never started, inventions never invented. I'm 273 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 6: asking you to release what you have. God didn't give 274 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 6: you that dream so that it could stay buried. He's 275 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 6: expecting you to bring it out, to pursue it, to 276 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 6: cultivate it, to develop it. We have a responsibility. God 277 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 6: has entrusted us with gifts and talents. Don't take it lightly, 278 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 6: don't live passively, just taking whatever life brings your way. 279 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 6: Shake off the complacency and get focused. What could you 280 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 6: accomplish if you weeded out things that are not moving 281 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 6: you towards your destiny? Where could you be at this 282 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 6: time next year if you got rid of the distractions 283 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 6: and the things that are not producing good fruit, and 284 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:07,359 Speaker 6: you put all your effort. 285 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 4: Into the main thing God put in your heart. 286 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 6: You can do many things good, but you can't do 287 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 6: many things great. And sometimes we're two spread out. Paul said, 288 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 6: this one thing. 289 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 4: I do. Find that one thing and excel at it. 290 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 6: Studies even show that when a person spends ten thousand 291 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 6: hours doing the same thing, they become an expert at it. 292 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 6: Focus on your one thing and do it to the 293 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 6: best of your ability. Matthew twenty five Jesus told a 294 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 6: parable about a businessman that was going on a trip. 295 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 4: He called three employees over. 296 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 6: He gave one five talents, another two talents, and the 297 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 6: third one talent. A talent represents about twenty years worth 298 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 6: of wages was a significant amount. The man with five 299 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 6: talents went out and invested his and gained five more. 300 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 6: The man with two invested his and gained two more. 301 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 6: But the man with one talent was afraid. He thought, 302 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 6: what if I lose it? What if the economy goes down? 303 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 6: What if somebody steals it from me? He came up 304 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 6: with all these excuses of what could happen. So he 305 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 6: went and buried his talent in the ground. The men 306 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 6: with five the men with two were faith based. They thought, 307 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 6: look what we've been given, we can increase, we can 308 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 6: make more. The man with one talent was fear based. 309 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 6: He thought, what if something goes wrong? What if I 310 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 6: lose it? You'll never increase as long as you're living. 311 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 6: Fear based, fear of failure, fear of people, fear of 312 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 6: what could happen. 313 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 4: I can't get in that relationship. I might get hurt. 314 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 4: I can't take that position. What if I'm not good 315 00:16:56,080 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 4: at it. All three men had the same opportunity. Two 316 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 4: did something with their gifts. The third was afraid. 317 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,919 Speaker 6: He played it safe and buried it. After a while, 318 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 6: the owner came back. The men with the five talents said, 319 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 6: here are the five you gave me, plus five more 320 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 6: I gained. 321 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 4: The owner said, well done. The men with the two 322 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 4: here are the original two plus two more. Again, well done. 323 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 6: The third man came up and said, Sir, I know 324 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 6: you're a hard man. I didn't want to lose what 325 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 6: you gave me. I was afraid, so I hid my talent. 326 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 6: Here's the one back that you gave me. 327 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:36,400 Speaker 4: You would think the owner. 328 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 6: Would say, all right. At least I didn't lose anything. 329 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 6: At least you gave it back. 330 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 4: It was just the opposite. 331 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 6: The owner was expecting a profit. It wasn't acceptable to 332 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 6: just give back what was given. 333 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 4: He was expecting increase. He said to the man, you 334 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 4: lazy servant. 335 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 6: If you knew I was so hard, why didn't you 336 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 6: at least put it in the bank so I could 337 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 6: earn some entry. 338 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 4: But you buried it, you hid it. He was angry. 339 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 6: He took that talent and gave it to the man 340 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 6: that had five. He said in verse thirty, take this 341 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 6: worthless man and throw him into outer darkness. The owner 342 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 6: represents God. This is some of the strongest language used 343 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 6: in the Bible. 344 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 4: It's interesting. 345 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:25,880 Speaker 6: The man didn't lie, he didn't cheat, he didn't kill somebody, 346 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:26,959 Speaker 6: he didn't have an affair. 347 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 4: What did he do? 348 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:32,959 Speaker 6: He buried his talent, He hid what God gave him. 349 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 6: You and I have been given gifts. God has entrusted 350 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 6: us with them. One day, he's going to come back 351 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 6: like that owner. We're going to see him. He's going 352 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 6: to ask what did you do with the talents I 353 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 6: gave you? Whether you have one, two, or five, that 354 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 6: doesn't matter. 355 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 4: God has given. 356 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 6: Us all different abilities. We're not competing with each other. 357 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 6: I don't have to outperform you. You don't have to 358 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 6: keep up with your neighbor. What matters is what are 359 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 6: you doing with what you have? Are you living fear based, 360 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 6: afraid to take a risk, not willing to get out 361 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 6: of your comfort zone, not putting effort into developing your gift? 362 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 4: Have you buried it? Or you live in. 363 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 6: Faith based growing, stretching, increasing, looking for opportunities. 364 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 4: Believe in you have seeds of greatness. 365 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 6: The men with one talent buried his talent and showed 366 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 6: his fear. He should have buried his fear and showed 367 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 6: his talent. Are you burying what you should be showing 368 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 6: and showing what you should be burying? 369 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 4: Why don't you start. 370 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 6: Burying the insecurity, burying the doubt, the negative thoughts, burying 371 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 6: what the critics have said, and start showing your talent, 372 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 6: showing your skills, showing your smile. If you will bury 373 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 6: the fear and show your faith, you'll see increase, you'll 374 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 6: see new levels. But too often we're discounting ourselves, thinking 375 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 6: we don't have much to offer. 376 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 4: We look at what we don't have, what we can't do. 377 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 6: But your gift can be like an acorn. You could 378 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 6: look at it and thank God, big deal. You created 379 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 6: the whole universe, and this is what you've given me. 380 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 6: But what you can't see is that acorn is full 381 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 6: of incredible potential. It has a huge oak tree in 382 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 6: it with branches spreading out fifty feet wide. Don't discount 383 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 6: your gift because it seems small. 384 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 4: Out in the Shepherd's fields. 385 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 6: As a teenager, David could have thought, God, all I'm 386 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 6: good at is slinging rocks with this slingshot. My brothers 387 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 6: are in the military, they're big, strong, talented. 388 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 4: Why didn't you give me more talent? 389 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 6: Instead, David kept developing that small gift every day out 390 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 6: in the fields. 391 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 4: Instead of being lazy, instead. 392 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 6: Of complaining about what he didn't have, he kept practicing, 393 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,719 Speaker 6: getting better and better. He could hit a bullseye one 394 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 6: hundred feet away. One day he faced Goliath, a giant 395 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 6: twice his size. 396 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 4: Goliath had all kinds of training experience. 397 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 6: He was wearing armor that covered his whole body, all 398 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 6: that is, except around his eyes and forehead. When he 399 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 6: saw how small David was, he'd begin to laugh. He said, 400 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 6: am I a dog? That you'd come at me with 401 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 6: a stint didn't bother David. He picked up a stone 402 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 6: and put it in his slingshot like he had done 403 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 6: thousands of times before, and when he slung that rock, 404 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 6: it hit Goliath right in the forehead where there wasn't 405 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 6: any armor, and Goliath hit the ground. Overnight, David became 406 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 6: a national hero. Your gift may seem small, but if 407 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 6: you'll develop it, it will open big doors. You don't 408 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 6: you have to have a great gift for God to 409 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 6: use you in a great way. The scripture says your 410 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 6: gift will make room for you, doesn't say if you 411 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 6: have a big gift, and important gift and impressive gift, 412 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 6: whatever you have, if you will develop it and keep 413 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 6: getting better, that gift will open doors of opportunity, doors 414 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 6: of promotion, doors of influence. But sometimes we wonder, while 415 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,120 Speaker 6: we're not being blessed, while we're not seeing increase, it's 416 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 6: because we buried our blessing, we buried our promotion, we 417 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 6: buried our talent. It's time to dig up what's been hidden, 418 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 6: start releasing. 419 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 4: What God put in you. 420 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 6: Mark Chapter six, Jesus had traveled to the other side 421 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 6: of the Sea of Galilee, a remote area he was 422 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 6: teaching the people. 423 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 4: It was late in the day. They were tired and hungry. 424 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 4: Jesus told his disciples to feed the people. 425 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 6: Well, there were no grocery stores out there, Plus five 426 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 6: thousand people were there. Even if they did find a 427 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 6: place to buy food, they wouldn't have that much. 428 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 4: Seemed impossible. There was a little boy in the crowd 429 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 4: with a lunch. He had five loaves of bread and 430 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 4: two fish. 431 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 6: He could have thought, they don't need what I have. 432 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 6: It's so small, won't even make a dentt in this 433 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 6: huge crowd. He could have dismissed it and hid his lunch. 434 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 4: Instead, When the disciples asked for food, he gave his 435 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 4: lunch to them. 436 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 6: They took it to Jesus. Jesus blessed his lunch. It multiplied. 437 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 6: All five thousand people were fed. Your gift may seem insignificant, 438 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 6: but when you release it, it will multiply. As long 439 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 6: as you hide it, as long as you keep it buried, 440 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 6: it will stay five loaves and two fish. You will 441 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 6: never see the potential until it's released. 442 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 4: What are you hiding gifts? Talents, creativity? Have you convinced 443 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 4: yourself if it's too small. You don't have the talent. 444 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,439 Speaker 4: You could never do anything great. 445 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 6: If you will quit discounting what you have and start 446 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 6: releasing it, God will multiply your talent, multiply your influence, 447 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 6: multiply the resources. Nineteen years ago, I was working behind 448 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 6: the scenes, running camera, editing. 449 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 4: Doing the lighting. 450 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:27,439 Speaker 6: I didn't necessarily have a big gift, But when Daddy died, 451 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 6: I said, God, this is all I have. 452 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 4: May not look like much, kind. 453 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 6: Of like the five loaves and two fish in comparison 454 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 6: to the need, it seemed insignificant. My father had ministered 455 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 6: for over fifty years. He was dynamic, experienced, respected, loved 456 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 6: by people all over the world, and I was none 457 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 6: of the above. The church had six thousand people coming 458 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 6: on Sundays. 459 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 4: It was a mega church. 460 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 6: You would think you would need a mega pastor mega talent, 461 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 6: mega experience. 462 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 4: But God doesn't choose the way we choose. 463 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 6: He doesn't always go find the smartest, most gifted, most experienced. 464 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 6: Many times he'll take what seems small and multiply it. 465 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 4: It's what he did with me. It's not how much 466 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 4: do you have, it's what are you doing with what 467 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 4: you have? 468 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 6: Have you buried it feeling unqualified, afraid, intimidated. Why you're 469 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 6: a child of the most High God, you have been 470 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 6: crowned with favor. I'm asking you to get that dream out, 471 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 6: get that book out, that creativity, that goal, release. 472 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 4: It and watch what God will do. He'll take you 473 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 4: where you could not go on your own. He'll exceed 474 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 4: your expectations. 475 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,439 Speaker 6: In the scripture, Gideon was hiding in the wine press, 476 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 6: afraid of his enemies. God told him to go tear 477 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 6: down an idol. He wouldn't go in the daytime, he 478 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 6: was too fearful. 479 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 4: He went at night. Later, God said he was to 480 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 4: deliver the Israelites. 481 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 6: From the Midianites. Gideon said, God, I can't do that. 482 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 6: I come from the poorest family. I'm the least one 483 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 6: in my father's house. He was saying, God, my gift 484 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 6: is too small. I'm not qualified. He was burying his gift, 485 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 6: and the angel showed up and said something significant. 486 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 4: The Lord is. 487 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 6: With you, you mighty hero. Here Gideon was hiding afraid, feeling unqualified. 488 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 6: Yet God called him a mighty hero. Like Gideon, your 489 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,959 Speaker 6: gift may seem small, the obstacle looks way too big. 490 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 6: God is saying to you what he said to him, Hello. 491 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 4: You mighty hero. God sees what you can become. 492 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 6: Why don't you stir up that gift? Stir up what's 493 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 6: in your heart. God wouldn't have put it there. 494 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 4: If he wasn't going to bring it to pass. 495 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 6: He went out with his three hundred men, and they 496 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 6: defeated the Midianites, an army of over one hundred and 497 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 6: thirty thousand people. Today, Gideon is listed as one of. 498 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 4: The heroes of Faith. 499 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 6: But I wonder what would have happened if Gideon would 500 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 6: have stayed in hiding, If it had kept his gifts buried, afraid, 501 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 6: feeling unqualified, he would. 502 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 4: Have missed his destiny. 503 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 6: I'm asking you to come out of hiding your gifts, 504 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 6: your talents, the dreams. 505 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 4: They've been buried long enough. 506 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 6: It's time to step up into who God's created you 507 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,919 Speaker 6: to be. You have greatness in you. There are gifts 508 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 6: that you have not yet discovered. Don't bury your talent, 509 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 6: bury your fears, and. 510 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 4: Start releasing your talents. 511 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 6: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, like Gideon, 512 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 6: You're going to accomplish dreams that look bigger than you 513 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 6: thought possible. You're going to overcome obstacles that look insurmountable 514 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 6: like little boy with the lunch. What you release, God 515 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 6: is about to start multiplying in Jesus' name. 516 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 4: And if you receive it, can you say it? 517 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 6: Then? Today, I'd like to give you an opportunity to 518 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 6: make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 519 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 6: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 520 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 6: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and 521 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 6: save you. If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe 522 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 6: you got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 523 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 6: and keep God first place. Victorian, I'll be right back 524 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 6: to speak a blessing over you. 525 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 5: Joel in Victoria. We'd like to send you a copy 526 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 5: of Joel's new series Blessed Not Stressed, as a thank 527 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 5: you for your support of our ministry. In this new 528 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 5: series by Joel Rustee, you'll learn to let go of 529 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 5: the little things that can stress you out. When you 530 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 5: realize God has good things in store for you and 531 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 5: that you can live in His faith every day, you 532 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 5: won't live a life filled with stress anymore, live a 533 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 5: life of joy and choose to experience God's blessings. 534 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 7: Life's too short. 535 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 3: To let things bother you every day is a gift 536 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 3: from God. 537 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 5: When you look for the good, keeping the right perspective, 538 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 5: you'll enjoy your life and see God's goodness. 539 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 4: When you have your joy, you have your strength. That's 540 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 4: what helps you live a victorious life. Request this resource. 541 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 4: I know it will be a great help to you. 542 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 5: Request your copy of Blessed not Stressed today at Joelosting 543 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 5: dot com or call eight eight eight five sixty seven. 544 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 6: Joel, your support is making a difference around the world. 545 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 6: Thank you so much for your generosity and for your prayers. 546 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 6: It's helping to make a difference in people's lives. A 547 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 6: special thank you to our Champion of Hope partners for 548 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 6: all you do to make the ministry possible. Know that 549 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 6: Victoria and I pray for you and your family. 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