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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 4: your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 39 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 4: you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 40 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 4: during the week through our daily podcast from YouTube channel, 41 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 4: social media, and you can come visit us in person 42 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 4: to have you be a part of one of our services. 43 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 44 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 4: about this ninety two year old man. He wasn't feeling 45 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 4: up to par so he went to the doctor. A 46 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 4: few days later. The doctor saw him out walking in 47 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 4: the park with this beautiful young lady by his side. 48 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 4: He seemed as happy as can ben doctor said, Wow, 49 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 4: you sure are feeling a lot better, aren't you. He said, yes, doctor, 50 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 4: I'm just following your orders. You said, get a hot 51 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 4: mama and stay cheerful. The doctor said, I didn't say that. 52 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 4: I said you got a heart murmur, be careful. He 53 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 4: heard what he wanted to hear. But here we go, y'all, 54 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 4: this is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 55 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 56 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 57 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 58 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 59 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 60 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about God given desires. Sometimes 61 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 4: life can be confusing. We think, how do I know 62 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 4: what my purpose is? What am I supposed to do? 63 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 4: There are so many roads we can take, so many 64 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 4: different paths we can go down. We have ideas, goals 65 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 4: we want to accomplish, but we're not sure Is this 66 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 4: my plan or is this God's plan? Is this just 67 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 4: an idea I came up with or is it something 68 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 4: I should pursue. Is it a part of my destiny? 69 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 4: How do we know what's right for us? David said 70 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 4: in Psalm thirty seven, if you will commit your ways 71 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 4: to the Lord, if you will trust him and do good, 72 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 4: then God will give you the desires of your heart. 73 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 4: We read that to mean that God will give us 74 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 4: whatever we want. But another perspective is when you honor God, 75 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 4: he will put the right desires in you. When you 76 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 4: have a heart to please God, when you've committed your 77 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 4: ways to him, then he will make sure you have 78 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 4: the right desires. You can trust that you will will 79 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 4: be aligned with His will. That means what you have 80 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 4: a desire to do, that open door, you feel good about, 81 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 4: that position you want to take, that person you want 82 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 4: to get to know, you can act on it knowing 83 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 4: that God is putting his desires in you. Knowing our purpose, 84 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 4: knowing God's will for our life is not as difficult 85 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 4: as we make it. If you're keeping him first. There 86 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 4: will be things that you're passionate about, things you're gifted 87 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 4: at opportunity that excites you, dreams that motivate you. That's 88 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 4: God leading you into your destiny. When you've committed your 89 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 4: ways to him, you can be sure that God is 90 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 4: watching over your desires. He's going to override wrong desires. 91 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 4: He's going to close doors you're not supposed to go through. 92 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 4: He's going to mew people out that shouldn't be there. 93 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 4: And I'm not talking today about temptation carnal desires. We 94 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 4: all have to deal with that. I'm talking about when 95 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 4: it it comes to your purpose to fulfilling your destiny. 96 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 4: God is going to make sure you have the right desires. 97 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 4: He said in Psalm thirty two, I will guide you 98 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 4: along the best path for your life. I will advise you, 99 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 4: watch over you, and instruct you along the way. Notice 100 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,799 Speaker 4: how God takes you down the best path. He puts 101 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 4: desires in you, He advises you, he instructs you, he 102 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 4: watches over you. You don't have to worry about missing 103 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 4: your destiny. What am I supposed to do? What if 104 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 4: this isn't the right decision? Because you've committed your ways 105 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 4: to God, you can trust your desires. You can follow 106 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 4: what He put in your heart. He's watching over you. 107 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 4: He's going to put the right desires at the right time. 108 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 4: In the scripture, the prophet Samuel came to a young 109 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 4: man named Saul and said that he was going to 110 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 4: be the first king of Israel. You would think Saul 111 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 4: would be excited. What an honor. But Saul didn't want 112 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 4: to become king. He was afraid, intimidated. He didn't think 113 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 4: he had what it took. He told Samuel, I come 114 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 4: from the smallest tribe in Israel. My family is the 115 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 4: least important family in that tribe. I'm sorry, Samuel, you 116 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 4: have the wrong person. I'm not about to step up 117 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 4: and lead these people. Samuel could have thought, God, you 118 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 4: told me to anoint him. I must have heard you wrong. 119 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 4: But the scripture says as Saul turned to leave, God 120 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 4: changed his heart, and all that Samuel prophesied came to pass. 121 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 4: Not this one moment. Saul didn't want to do it. 122 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 4: The next moment he did. What happened, God put the 123 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 4: desire in him. God is not going to let you 124 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 4: miss your purpose. You may not want to do his 125 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 4: will at first, you may say, like Saul, that's too big, 126 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 4: I'm not that talented. That's not my thing. But when 127 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 4: God changes you want to. When He puts new desires 128 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 4: in you, it won't be a struggle you want to think, 129 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,559 Speaker 4: oh man, this is a pain. I don't want to lead, 130 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 4: I don't want to raise these children. I don't want 131 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 4: to run that business. There will be a passion, a grace, 132 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 4: the favor to do what God put in your heart. 133 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 4: I want you to have this confidence that because you're 134 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 4: committing your ways to God, He's going to put the 135 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 4: right desires in you. He's leading you down the best path. 136 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,119 Speaker 4: You're not going to have to worry wonder which way 137 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 4: what should I do? You can relax knowing that God 138 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 4: is in control of your desires. He's not just opening 139 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 4: the right doors, not just bringing the right people, but 140 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 4: he's giving you the want to, the passion, the drive, 141 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 4: the wisdom to go down the best path for your line. 142 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 4: What's interesting is when the Israelites were in slavery, God 143 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 4: told Moses to go tell the Pharaoh to let the 144 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 4: people go. But the scripture says God caused Pharaoh to 145 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 4: harden his heart and he wouldn't let the people lead. 146 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 4: Pharaoh didn't harden his heart on his own. God put 147 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 4: the desire in him to be stubborn. God gave him 148 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 4: the desire to say no, It goes on to say, 149 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 4: so that God could get great glory at Pharaoh's expense. 150 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 4: God went on to perform all these great miracles so 151 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 4: everyone knew who the God of Israel was. It was 152 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 4: all a part of his plan so the Israelites could 153 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 4: fulfill their purpose. My point is, if God will put 154 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 4: desires in other people that don't know him, that are 155 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 4: not serving him to bring about his purpose, how much 156 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 4: more will God put the desires in you so you 157 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 4: can fulfill your destiny. You don't have to fear the future, 158 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 4: worry about what's the head? How do I know if 159 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 4: this is the right choice. Just keep honoring God. Your 160 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 4: part is to commit your ways to him every morning. Lord, 161 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 4: let your will be done and not mine. I put 162 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 4: your first place. God's part is to put the right 163 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 4: desires in you. He's leading you into the best plan 164 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 4: that He's already laid out. You may not understand it 165 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 4: all right now, but you can stay in peace knowing 166 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 4: that you're not going to miss your destiny. God knows 167 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 4: how to make the desire strong enough to where you 168 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 4: step into his will. Think about with David, he was 169 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 4: delivering lunch to his brothers who were out on the battlefield. 170 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 4: When he heard Goliath taunting the Israelites, making fond, daring 171 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:34,439 Speaker 4: them to fight. All of a sudden something rose up 172 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 4: in David. He said, who is this man that he 173 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 4: would defy the armies of the Living God? He had 174 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:45,119 Speaker 4: this desire to take on Goliath. Well, there were thousands 175 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 4: of other Israeli soldiers, strong, brave, skilled, yet not one 176 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 4: of them wanted to fight Goliath. They heard him day 177 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 4: after day threatening them. They would run and hide. They 178 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 4: were terrified. Here David was a teenager, a shepherd. He 179 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 4: didn't have the training, the experience, the size. Yet suddenly 180 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 4: he knew he was supposed to take on Goliath. One 181 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 4: thing we know about David is he had a heart 182 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 4: after God. He had committed his ways into God's hands. 183 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 4: In turn, God put this desire in his heart. If 184 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 4: it wasn't a God given desire, David would have talked 185 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 4: himself out of it. Man, I'd like to fight him, 186 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 4: but he's twice my size. I don't have a chance. 187 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 4: I'll get out there and look like a fool. But 188 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 4: when God puts the desire in you, he'll make it 189 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 4: stronger than all the negative voices, all the doubt that 190 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 4: tries to talk you out of it. When it's a 191 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 4: god given desire, you won't be moved by opposition, by 192 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 4: how impossible it looks, by what people are telling you. 193 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 4: There will be a boldness, a confidence to do what 194 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 4: you know God put in your heart. Paul said in Philippians. 195 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 4: God is working in you to give you the desire 196 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 4: and the power to do what pleases him. It's one 197 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 4: thing to have the desire. That's great, But God doesn't 198 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 4: stop there. He says, I'm going to give you the 199 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 4: power to do it. I'm going to give you the favor. 200 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 4: I'm going to give you the courage, the skill, the resources. 201 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 4: You're going to feel a strength that you've never felt, 202 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 4: ability that you've never had, favor like you've never seen. 203 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 4: God doesn't just give you the desire. He gives you 204 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 4: the ability to accomplish what he's put in your heart. 205 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 4: The scripture says David ran toward Goliath. All the other 206 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 4: soldiers ran away from Goliath. They all ran in hid 207 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 4: But one teenager, with nothing but a slingshot and a 208 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 4: god given desire, took off running toward Goliath. He slung 209 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 4: that rock knocked him out. That day he became a 210 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 4: national hero. But think about this. A few weeks earlier, 211 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 4: he was sitting in the shepherd's fields alone, nobody paying attention. 212 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 4: He had big dreams, but he didn't see how it 213 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 4: would ever happen. Then, in one moment, God dropped a 214 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 4: desire in his heart. That one victory catapulted David to 215 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 4: a new level. God has some of these destiny desires 216 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 4: lined up for you. Things he's gonna drop in your heart. 217 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 4: Others will think it's too big, doesn't make sense. They're intimidated. 218 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 4: It's because God didn't put the desire in them. That 219 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 4: desire is leading you down the best path, a path 220 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 4: of abundance, a path of greater influence, a path of 221 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 4: helping more people, making a bigger difference, seeing your gifts 222 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 4: come out in greater ways. Well, Joel, I think I 223 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 4: may have missed my chance. There were some good opportunities 224 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 4: that I passed up. I was distracted. I was afraid 225 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 4: I didn't step out. No, when God puts the desire 226 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 4: in you, it's gonna be so strong you can't pass 227 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 4: it up. He's not gonna let you miss your purpose. 228 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,319 Speaker 4: God knows how to make you want to do his will. 229 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 4: He'll give you the power to obey what he put 230 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 4: in your heart. From the time I was a little boy, 231 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 4: I loved anything to do with cameras and production editing. 232 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 4: Twelve years old, I was running camera at the old 233 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 4: church during the services. I'd come down on Saturdays as 234 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 4: a teenager and play with all the equipment. Graduated from 235 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 4: high school, I went to college to learn more about production. 236 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 4: I knew that's what I wanted to do with my life. 237 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 4: After that first year, I felt so strongly that I 238 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 4: was supposed to come back home and start a television 239 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 4: outreach at Lakewood. My father was fine with it, but 240 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 4: my mother not so much. So he said, Joel, I 241 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 4: never wanted you to drop out, said mother. I didn't 242 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 4: drop out. I knocked it out. I took the one 243 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 4: year planned. My brother Paul went eleven years to become 244 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 4: a surgeon. But some of us are more accelerated and 245 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 4: we don't need that long. God has a sense of humor. 246 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 4: Twenty five years later, that same university gave me an 247 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 4: honorary doctorate degree. I didn't tell them I don't even 248 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 4: have my bachelor's degree yet, but so seventeen years. I 249 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 4: worked behind the scenes here at Lakewood doing the television production, 250 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 4: and I was fulfilled. I loved doing it, did my 251 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 4: best to make my father look good, represent the church 252 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 4: with excellence. During those years, my father would try to 253 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 4: get me up to minister, said, Joe, you'd be a 254 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 4: great pastor. Why don't you start speaking for me? But 255 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 4: I had no desire, not one part of me wanted 256 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 4: to get up in front of people. Was it something 257 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 4: I wrestled with, Maybe I should, maybe I shouldn't. There 258 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 4: was no question that wasn't for me. But when my 259 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 4: father passed in nineteen ninety nine, the strangest thing happened. 260 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 4: All of a sudden, I had the desire to pastor 261 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 4: the church. I had a desire to get up in 262 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 4: front of people. And yes, I was intimidated. I didn't 263 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 4: feel qualified, doubt, negative voices tried to talk me out 264 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 4: of it. But what's significant is the desire was stronger 265 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 4: than anything that was trying to hold me back. God 266 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 4: knows how to make his desires override all the negative 267 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 4: things that could keep you from doing it. He's not 268 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 4: only giving you the desire, but he's given you the 269 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 4: power to do it. That's why you don't have to 270 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 4: second guess. Man, did I miss my opportunity? You know, 271 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 4: when God puts the desire, he'll make sure it's strong 272 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 4: enough that you act on it. Proverb says a man 273 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 4: plans his ways, but God directs his steps. I had 274 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 4: my plan. I'm gonna work in television production. I'm gonna 275 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 4: stay behind the scenes. That was right for the time. 276 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 4: That was God leading me down the best path. But 277 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 4: then God changed my plan. I know this is what 278 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 4: God has called me to do. It's not a struggle. 279 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 4: I don't dread it. Man, I have to get up 280 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 4: in front of people. This is a pain. I love 281 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 4: doing it. What changed the desire? God is going to 282 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 4: put the right desires at the right time. That's going 283 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 4: to lead you into the best path for your life. 284 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 4: You don't have to live stress is this the right decision? 285 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 4: Should I go here? Is this my will? Or is 286 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 4: this God's will? You can stay in peace knowing that 287 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 4: because you've committed your waste to God, He's in control 288 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 4: of your desires. You wouldn't be feeling that impression, you 289 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 4: wouldn't have that longing if He wasn't leading you in 290 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 4: that direction. In the scripture, Nehemiah was working as a 291 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 4: cupbearer for the king. He was living in Persia, a 292 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 4: thousand miles away from his hometown of Jerusalem. His brother 293 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 4: came to visit and told how the people of Judah 294 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 4: were in great danger. The walls of Jerusalem had been 295 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 4: torn down, the gates pulled out. What could Neamiah do 296 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 4: about it? He is working in the kitchen. He could 297 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 4: have told his brother, and that's too badte hearing that. 298 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 4: But suddenly God dropped a desire in Nehemiah to rebuild 299 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 4: those walls. Didn't make sense to his mind. He didn't 300 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 4: have the staff, the resources, the influence. But when it's 301 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 4: a God given desire, you don't talk yourself out of it. 302 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 4: You don't come up with excuses. You know God will 303 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:23,719 Speaker 4: make a way, So you take steps of faith, You 304 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 4: get out of your comfort zone and do things you 305 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 4: never thought you could do. That's God not just giving 306 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 4: you the desire, but the power to do what pleases him. 307 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 4: When it's a destiny desire, there's a force breathing in 308 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 4: your direction, pushing you forward, opening doors, causing people to 309 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 4: be good to you. You're not stressed over how it's 310 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 4: going to happen. You know it's going to happen. Neemiah. 311 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 4: He was quiet, reserved, he never made any waves. But 312 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 4: now there's this new boldness, a confidence, the faith to 313 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 4: believe for what seemed him possible. He went to the 314 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 4: king and asked if he could take time off to 315 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 4: go build the walls of Jerusalem. Imagine going to your 316 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 4: boss tomorrow saying, can I have a year off to 317 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 4: go home take care of some family business. But when 318 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 4: God puts the desire in you, you not only have 319 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 4: the want to, but God gives you the favor to 320 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 4: get it done. The king said, yes, Nehmiah, you can 321 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 4: have the time off. He said, thank you so much. 322 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 4: I'm very grateful, but I don't have any supplies, any materials, 323 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 4: any funds. The king said, don't worry. I'll give you 324 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 4: a letter requiring people to give you everything that you need. 325 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 4: The scripture says the king granted him all his request 326 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,679 Speaker 4: because the gracious hand of God was upon him. Notice 327 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 4: God not only put the desire in him, but God 328 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 4: put the favor on him so he could see that 329 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 4: desire come to pass. God never gives you the desire 330 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 4: without the power, without the faith. He don't have to 331 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 4: make all this happen, Try to force doors to open, 332 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 4: manipulate things, play up to people. Just keep God first place, 333 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 4: Make pleasing him a priority, and God will put the 334 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 4: right desires in you. He'll lead you down the best path. 335 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 4: The best path is something you've never imagined. You have 336 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 4: your plans, but you should see God's plans. His ways 337 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 4: are better than our ways. He has exceedingly abundantly above 338 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,360 Speaker 4: and beyond in your future. In my plan, I never 339 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 4: thought I'd be doing this. In David's plan, he never 340 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 4: thought he'd be defeating a giant become the king. Neemiah's plan, 341 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 4: he never thought he'd rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Who 342 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 4: knows where God is taking you. There are desires He's 343 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 4: going to put in your heart that are going to 344 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 4: boggle your mind. The beauty is you won't be talked 345 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 4: out of it. He'll make it strong enough to override 346 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 4: the doubt, na the fear. You'll step into levels greater 347 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 4: than you've ever imagined. A friend of mine grew up 348 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 4: in a very dysfunctional home. There was a lot of strife. 349 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 4: They were very poor. As a young boy, there were 350 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 4: knights he'd have to get out of the house, afraid 351 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 4: of all the violence. He could have grown up bitter 352 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 4: and angry, but his attitude was I'm not going to 353 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,959 Speaker 4: live like this. I'm going to break this negative cycle 354 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 4: and do something productive with my life. There was a 355 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,719 Speaker 4: doctor in the small town in Alabama where they lived. 356 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 4: He was the only man he saw that was successful 357 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 4: and always happy. He made up his mind as a 358 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,400 Speaker 4: young boy that he was going to become a doctor, 359 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 4: just like that man. He loved playing football. Sixteen years old, 360 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,919 Speaker 4: a friend invited him to a fellowship of Christian athletes meeting. 361 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 4: He felt something that he had never felt. His family 362 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 4: didn't know anything about God, but that night he gave 363 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 4: his life to Christ. He went to the University of 364 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 4: Alabama hoping to play football. They let him try out 365 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 4: for the team. Against all odds, he made it. They 366 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 4: give him a full scholarship. His senior year, he was 367 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 4: finishing up his pre med classes, still planning to become 368 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 4: a doctor, but he thought, I'm not passionate about medicine anymore. 369 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,360 Speaker 4: I don't want to become a doctor, and he decided 370 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 4: to go into health management. Graduated from college, had a 371 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 4: job lined up when his football coach called him and said, 372 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 4: I want you to come and work for me, be 373 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 4: my assistant. He never thought about coaching. That wasn't even 374 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 4: on his radar. He went to check it out, see 375 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 4: what it was like, and he fell in love with it. 376 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 4: He said, this is what I was born to do. 377 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 4: When you keep God first, he'll guide you down the 378 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 4: best path. He thought he wanted to become a doctor 379 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 4: at the time. That's what he needed, that vision to 380 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,959 Speaker 4: go to school to break out of the dysfunction. But 381 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 4: God knows how to change your desires. He's doing this 382 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 4: to align your will with his will. Had he not 383 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 4: seen that doctor growing up, he never had a desire 384 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 4: to go to college. Had he never gone to college, 385 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 4: he had never played for Alabama. Had he never played football, 386 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 4: he'd never become an assistant coach. Had he never become 387 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 4: an assistant, he would have never become the head coach 388 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:29,360 Speaker 4: of Clemson University, coach Dabo Sweeney, who's won two national championships, 389 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 4: one of the greatest college coaches of our day. He 390 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 4: had his plan, but God had another plan. I can 391 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 4: assure you God's plan is better than your plan. The 392 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 4: beauty is you don't have to figure it all out. 393 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 4: All you have to do is commit your ways to God. 394 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 4: Keep him first place. He'll put the right desires in you. 395 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 4: He'll guide you down the best path for your life. Well, Joel, 396 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 4: I've had a lot of these desires a long time. 397 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,400 Speaker 4: Something I've been dreaming about, something I want to become. 398 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 4: But it hasn't happened. It either hasn't been the right time, 399 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 4: or God has something better. Trust him, believe what he 400 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 4: promised that He's giving you the right desires and the 401 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 4: power to do what pleases him. Now. Great prayer is Lord, 402 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 4: thank you that my will is aligning with your will. 403 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 4: Thank you that you're in control of my desires. You 404 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,199 Speaker 4: know what's best for me. God, I trust you with 405 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 4: my life. Elisha was out working in a field plowing 406 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 4: with a bunch of his staff. There were eleven teams 407 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 4: of oxen in front of him. He was leading the 408 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 4: twelfth team. He was a part of the family business. 409 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 4: They were successful, had plenty of resources, and he was 410 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 4: next in line to run it all. One day, the 411 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 4: prophet Elijah came by, threw his jacket on him, and said, 412 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 4: come work from me. Why would Elisha want to leave? 413 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 4: His future is set? He has all these resources, a 414 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 4: staff nice place to live. But suddenly God dropped the 415 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 4: desire in Elisha. He felt it so strongly. This is 416 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 4: a part of your destiny. It's time to step out. 417 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:15,640 Speaker 4: The scripture says. Elisha burned the plows, sacrificed the oxen, 418 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 4: and went with Elijah to be his assistant. Sometimes what 419 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 4: God puts in your heart doesn't make sense to other people. 420 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 4: I'm sure he was the talk of the town. Can 421 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 4: you believe Elishah left everything to follow that old man? 422 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 4: That prophet is kind of crazy. But God won't move 423 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 4: you out unless he has something better. Not long after that, 424 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 4: Elijah was taken to heaven and Elisha received a double 425 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 4: portion of his spirits. He performed twice as many miracles 426 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 4: as Elijah. God is going to put desires in you 427 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 4: that are going to take you further than you can imagine. 428 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 4: You think you've reached your limits, calling as far as 429 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 4: you can according to your education, your income. But God 430 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 4: is not limited by any of that. Because you keep 431 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 4: him first. He's going to open doors you never dream 432 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 4: would open, bring opportunity, influence, favor, resources. The best path 433 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 4: is an abundant path, a favor filled path, a bountiful path, 434 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 4: how do you get there? Commit your ways to the Lord. 435 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 4: He'll not only put the right desires in you, He'll 436 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 4: make sure you have the power to do what pleases him. 437 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 4: But what about when we're not putting God first? What 438 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 4: about family loved ones that are not committing their ways 439 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 4: to him? How are they ever going to make right choices? 440 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:44,160 Speaker 4: God is so merciful, He'll still put desires in you. 441 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 4: The scripture says He chose us before we could choose him. 442 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 4: Seventeen years old, my father was coming home from a 443 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 4: nightclub two o'clock in the morning. He didn't know anything 444 00:25:56,119 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 4: about God. His family were good people, but they didn't 445 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 4: have any kind of faith. Looked like my father would 446 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 4: continue down that same path, But for some reason that 447 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 4: night he looked up at the stars and begin to 448 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 4: think about God and what he was going to do 449 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 4: with his life. That was God drawing my father in, 450 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 4: giving him the desire to think about his creator. He 451 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 4: got home and saw the family Bible on the coffee table. 452 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 4: He was just there for decoration. Something said to him, 453 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 4: open it up. He opened it. It fell to a 454 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 4: picture of Jesus standing at a door and knocking. The 455 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 4: caption read if you'll open the door, I'll come in. 456 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,199 Speaker 4: The next day he went to church with a friend 457 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 4: and gave his life to Christ. He felt this calling 458 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 4: to become a minister. He told his family that he 459 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 4: was going to leave the farm and go out and 460 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 4: start ministering. Nobody had left the farm. Where did this 461 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 4: come from? That was God putting desires in my father, 462 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 4: choosing him when he didn't know to choose. Where would 463 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 4: we be without the mercy of God. When we didn't 464 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 4: keep him first, when we didn't listen to his voice, 465 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 4: he still guided us. He still protected us. Parents. You 466 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 4: may have children that are off course, doesn't look good. 467 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,359 Speaker 4: You keep praying, keep loving them, and at the right time, 468 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 4: God is going to give them new desires, his desires, 469 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 4: desires that move them into their destiny. I know today 470 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 4: you have a heart after God, or you wouldn't be here. 471 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 4: You want to do the right thing, or you wouldn't 472 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 4: have tuned in. My encouragement is you can trust God 473 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 4: with your desires. He's not going to let you miss 474 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 4: your destiny. Live from a place of peace knowing that 475 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 4: God is giving you the right desires and the power 476 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 4: to do what pleases him. If you'll do this. I 477 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 4: believe and declare you're going to see the best path 478 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 4: for your life, like with Elijah, something you've never imagined, 479 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 4: Like with Nehemiah, favor that you've never seen. New doors 480 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 4: are about to open, the right people that are going 481 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 4: to show up, healing breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny 482 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 4: in Jesus's name, and if you receive it, can you 483 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 4: say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity to 484 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 4: make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray 485 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 4: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 486 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 487 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 4: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 488 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,199 Speaker 4: born again. We'd love to send you some information on 489 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 4: your new walk with the Lord. You can text the 490 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 4: number on the screen or go to the website. I 491 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 4: hope you'll get into a good Bible based church and 492 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 4: keep God first place. Thanks so much for listening to 493 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 4: today's message. 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