1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: We are so glad that you joined us for this podcast. 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: We believe that this is going to be a great February. 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: We're starting the year off right and we know that 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: God's got blessings in store for you. 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's so awesome that you join us and we 6 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 2: just speak blessings over you and your family. Get ready 7 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 2: for a blessed twenty twenty four. Enjoy the message. God 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 2: bless you. It's great to be with you today, and 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 2: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week 10 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: through our daily podcast, YouTube channel, social media, and you 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 2: can come visit us in person. We'd love to have 12 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 2: you be a part of one of our services. And 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 2: I'd like to start with something funny. And I heard 14 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 2: about this elderly woman. She came to church one Sunday 15 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 2: morning and a friendly usher met her at the back 16 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 2: door and asked her where she'd like to sit. She said, 17 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 2: I want to sit on the very front row. He said, oh, no, ma'am, 18 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 2: you don't want to sit there. Our pastor is very boring. 19 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 2: He'll put you to sleep. Let me see you somewhere else. 20 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 2: She looked appalled. She said, sir, do you know who 21 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 2: I am? He said no, ma'am, she said, I'm the 22 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 2: pastor's mother. He hung his head in embarrassment and shame. 23 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 2: He finally looked up and said, ma'am, do you know 24 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 2: who I am? She said no. He said, Thank God, 25 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 2: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 26 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 2: I am what it says. I am. I have what 27 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 2: it says I have. I can do what it says 28 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 29 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 2: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 30 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 2: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 31 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 2: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 32 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 2: about write your vision. We all have dreams we want 33 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 2: to accomplish and promises God has put in our hearts. 34 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 2: We're praying, believing, standing in faith, and that's good. But 35 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: there's another important step. The scripture says in her backup, 36 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 2: write the vision. Make it clear so it can be 37 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 2: read on the run. Says, write what you see when 38 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 2: you close your eyes? What do you see? What is? 39 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 2: God whispered to your spirit. Maybe it's to start a 40 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 2: business or to have a baby, to see your health 41 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 2: turn around, to move into that new neighborhood, to be 42 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 2: free from that addiction. It's not enough to just think 43 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 2: about it, hope that it happens, Imagine it. When you 44 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 2: write it down, you give it permission to come to pass. 45 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 2: The scripture says, make it clear so you can read 46 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 2: it on the run. That means you need to have 47 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 2: it in front of you all through the day. You 48 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 2: should see it. Put it up on your bathroom mirror, 49 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 2: on your phone, your computer at work, your refrigerator, in 50 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 2: your Bible. When you constantly see what you're believing for, 51 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 2: it's getting down in your spirit every time you see 52 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 2: it under your breath, Lord, thank you for bringing it 53 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 2: to pass. If you're dealing with an illness, you need 54 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 2: to put up I am healthy and whole, I am 55 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 2: strong and energetic. Put scriptures to back it up. God 56 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 2: is restoring health and to me the number of my 57 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 2: days he will fulfill. If you're believe in to pay 58 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 2: your house off, you need to see I am debt free, 59 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 2: I have abundance. I am blessed, so I can be 60 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 2: a blessing. Put scriptures underneath it. Because I honor God. 61 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 2: I will lend and not borrow. What I touch prospers 62 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 2: and succeeds. My cup runs over every time you walk 63 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 2: by and see it, it's going to inspire you to 64 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 2: keep believing. As you see it again and again, you're 65 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 2: drawing it closer and closer. Every service here at Lakewood. 66 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 2: You know how we make these declarations of faith. You 67 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 2: see them on the screens. I'm blessed, I'm strong, I'm healthy, 68 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 2: I'm valuable. We've written down what God says about us. 69 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 2: We keep it in front of us, we read it, 70 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 2: we declare it. It's getting down on the inside. That's 71 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 2: writing the vision. Now, those are generic things that belong 72 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: to all of us, but God has spoken specific things 73 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 2: to you that you need to write down. Maybe a 74 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,119 Speaker 2: child is off course. It's good to pray, it's good 75 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 2: to believe, but you need to write down my child. 76 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 2: Put his name there. John is making great decisions. He's 77 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 2: a leader. He's honoring God. Put the scriptures underneath. As 78 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,119 Speaker 2: for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 79 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 2: My children are mighty in the land. My seed is blessed. 80 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 2: Every time you see it throughout the day, let it 81 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 2: be a reminder to thank God. That is on the way. 82 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 2: I met a lady after the service in the visitor's reception. 83 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 2: She handed me her business card. It was this financial 84 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 2: company had her name on it. Underneath it said president 85 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 2: and owner. And she told me something interesting. She had 86 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 2: that card made four years before she ever started her business. 87 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 2: God put that dream in her heart while she was 88 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 2: working for another company. She wasn't even in management. She 89 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: didn't have any backing. In the natural, there was no 90 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 2: way she could start her own business. But she took 91 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 2: this step of faith and had the card printed. She 92 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 2: couldn't even hand it out because the company didn't exist, 93 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 2: but she kept it in her wallet, on her shelf, 94 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 2: in the closet, in her bathroom, the kitchen, a computer, 95 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 2: in her car. Everywhere she looked she saw that card. 96 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 2: One day, God caused things to fall into place. Doors 97 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 2: opened she couldn't open right. People showed up, Clients came 98 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 2: to her. This landlord offered her space in his building. 99 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 2: Today she has over three hundred employees. Very successful. She 100 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 2: smiled and said, Joel, now I can hand out my card. 101 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 2: It's no longer a vision, it's a reality. But I 102 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 2: wonder if she would have had that business, would she 103 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 2: be seeing God's blessing in favor if she had just hopeful. 104 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 2: She just thought that'd be nice to have a business. 105 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 2: She took this step of faith to write the vision. 106 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 2: When God bursts a dream in your spirit, don't dismiss it. 107 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 2: When he speaks something that ignites your faith that you 108 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 2: get excited about, don't take it lightly. Yeah, that'd be great. 109 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,559 Speaker 2: Let it be a passing thought. Write the vision down, 110 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 2: get in agreement with God. You need to see it 111 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 2: again and again, so it will take ruth. But sometimes 112 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 2: we dismiss things because they seem too good to be true. Joel, 113 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 2: I could never have a business that successful, could never 114 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 2: live in that neighborhood, never marry someone that great, never 115 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 2: be totally free from this addiction. My children could never 116 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 2: accomplish that much. Why are you telling God what he 117 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 2: can't do? Who are we to tell the creator of 118 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 2: the universe what he's capable of. He spoke worlds into existence, 119 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 2: he flung stars into space. What he's spoken to you 120 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 2: is problem to bring to pass. Why don't you get 121 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 2: in agreement with God? He said right the vision? He 122 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 2: didn't say right what you can afford? He didn't say right. 123 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 2: What makes sense to you? Write what others in your 124 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 2: family have done, Write what the medical report says, Write 125 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 2: what you have the education for the experience. No, when 126 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 2: God gives you the vision, he'll take care of the 127 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 2: provision what he puts in your spirit. You're not on 128 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 2: the line for what he orders. He's going to pay for. 129 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 2: It's not just up to you. He's going to make 130 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 2: it happen. He's going to open the doors. He'll cause 131 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: you to stand out. He can heal you without the medicine. 132 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 2: He can turn that child around. He's just asking you 133 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 2: to write what he put in your heart. Maybe it's 134 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 2: I will lead my company in sales. I will build 135 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 2: that orphanage in Africa. I will break this generational curse, 136 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: this addiction that's been in my family line. I will 137 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 2: write my book. I will produce that movie. I will 138 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 2: graduate with honors. I will see my family restored. Whatever 139 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 2: God's spoken to you, dare to write it now, here's 140 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 2: the key. Don't water it down, don't try to make 141 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,119 Speaker 2: it fit your budget. Don't reason it out and short 142 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 2: change yourself. God, if you'll just keep my child out 143 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 2: of trouble, then I'll be happy. That's a water down vision. 144 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: How about this, God, thank you that my son stands 145 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 2: out in the crowd, that he will become all that 146 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 2: you've created. Him to be well, God, if I can 147 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 2: just pay my bills, if you'll just help me to 148 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 2: scrape by. The scripture says God wants you to not 149 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 2: only have all your needs supplied, but plenty left over, 150 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 2: so you can be a blessing to others. Why don't 151 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 2: you put a new vision up? I have abundance, I 152 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 2: live in overflow. Blessings are chasing me down. Well, Joel, 153 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 2: there are a lot of things in the past I 154 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 2: didn't write down. I think I missed my chance. No, 155 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 2: God's about to give you fresh vision. He's about to 156 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 2: speak things to your spirit that you've never heard. Now 157 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 2: you'll be tempted to dismiss it. I think that couldn't 158 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 2: be for me. No one my family has done that. 159 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 2: It's going to be far out. It's going to seem 160 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 2: unlikely this time. Write it down, keep it in front 161 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 2: of you several times a day. Thank God that is coming. 162 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 2: Make plans like it's gonna happen. The scripture talks about 163 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 2: the secret petitions God puts in your heart. Those are 164 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 2: things that seem so big, so rewarding. Does it seem 165 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 2: possible write that vision. God's going to do things that 166 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 2: make your head spin things that you could have never 167 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 2: imagined would have happened. He's getting you prepared right now. 168 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 2: When he speaks what he shows you in the night, 169 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 2: that idea he drops in your spirit, don't dismiss it. 170 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 2: The scripture talks about having a pin like a ready writer. 171 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 2: That should be our attitude. God, when you sh show me, 172 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 2: I'm ready, I'm standing by. I'm gonna write the vision. 173 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 2: Are you missing blessings, favor, healing, breakthroughs because your pen 174 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 2: is not ready. You're thinking about it, imagining it. Maybe 175 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 2: it'll happen. No, start writing it down. Here's a good one. 176 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 2: I'm going to have an abundant year, a bountiful year, 177 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 2: a flourishing year. As you see that over and over, 178 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 2: that's what's fueling your fame. Now. I found that God 179 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 2: will always put bigger things in your spirit than you 180 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 2: can accomplish on your own. One way you know the 181 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 2: vision is from God is you don't have the resources, 182 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 2: you don't have the training, The odds are against you. 183 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 2: The experts say, there's no way that's a God size dream. 184 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:48,959 Speaker 2: If you can do it on your own, you don't 185 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 2: necessarily need God's help. It's supposed to be over your head. 186 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 2: It's supposed to feel impossible. Don't make the mistake of 187 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 2: dismissing it. Write it down. That's God getting you prepared 188 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 2: for something you've never seen. When I heard the Compact 189 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 2: Center was coming available, that was far more than I 190 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,959 Speaker 2: could ever imagine. The Houston Rockets had won two World 191 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 2: championships here, and practically every major entertainer had played concerts here. Elvis, 192 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 2: Michael Jackson, the Rolling Stones, two million you Stonians a 193 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 2: year came into this building, the premier facility in our city. 194 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 2: In my mind, I thought, there's no way we can 195 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 2: get it. That's too good to be true. I had 196 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 2: to do what I'm asking you to do. Make this decision. 197 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,959 Speaker 2: Was I gonna water down that dream, think of all 198 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 2: the reasons I couldn't do it, talk myself out of it, 199 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 2: or was I going to do like God said and 200 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 2: write the vision. One of the first things I did 201 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 2: is I had our team get a picture of the 202 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 2: Compact Center, the exterior, but I had them take off 203 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 2: the Compact Center name and instead put Lakewood there. I 204 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 2: had them take off the Compact Center logo and replace 205 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 2: it with our logo. I made about a dozen of 206 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 2: those pictures and I put them up in our house. 207 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 2: On my desk as I was writing my sermon each week, 208 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 2: there was the building with our name on it. In 209 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 2: my closet where I got dressed, in my bathroom, in 210 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 2: the kitchen. Every time I saw that building, under my breath, Lord, 211 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 2: thank you that it's ours. Thank you that you're making 212 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,839 Speaker 2: ways where we don't see away. For two and a 213 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 2: half years, we were trying to convince the city council 214 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 2: members to vote for us, and going through a legal 215 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 2: battle with a company much bigger than us. There were 216 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 2: plenty of times I was tempted to get discouraged. Didn't 217 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 2: seem like it's going to work out. But I'd go 218 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 2: back and look at that picture. That fuel of my faith. Lord, 219 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 2: I know what just started you will finish. I know 220 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 2: nothing can stand against you. God knew we would be 221 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 2: tempted to be talked out of it. Why he said, 222 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 2: write the vision and keep it in front of you 223 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 2: every time you see it. It's fueling your faith, helping 224 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 2: you to stand strong and believe. Now, twenty years later, 225 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 2: that picture I had with the liquid name photoshopped on it, 226 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 2: I don't need it anymore. I have the real picture. 227 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 2: God is faithful. Now many of you have done this. 228 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 2: You've written your vision, You've kept it in front of you. 229 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 2: The scripture goes on to say, though the vision tarries, 230 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 2: wait on it, for it is for an appointed time, 231 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 2: and it will not be late. Like God did for us. 232 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 2: You're going to come in to an appointed time. You're 233 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 2: going to see God bring dreams to pass, turn that 234 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 2: medical situation around, get that child back on course, catapault 235 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 2: you to a new level. The vision may be tarrying, 236 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 2: but wait in faith, wait with expectancy, knowing that God 237 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 2: is working. Keep thanking him that it's on the way. 238 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 2: Keep talking like it's going to happen. You are closer 239 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 2: than you think. You're on the verge of seeing something 240 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 2: that you've never seen. When God told Habaccoc to write 241 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:15,719 Speaker 2: the vision, the Israelites were being persecuted by the Babylonians. 242 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 2: The Israelites had made poor choices that opened the door 243 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 2: to these enemies. The whole first chapter, Habaccock was complaining 244 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 2: and telling God how bad it was. Why are you 245 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 2: going to let them wipe us out? God, aren't you 246 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 2: going to have mercy and help us? On and on, 247 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 2: telling all of his woes. Well, God, answered him back 248 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 2: by saying, in effect, Habacco, if you want to see 249 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 2: things change, there's something you have to do. It's not 250 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 2: just up to me. You have to write the vision 251 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 2: that I've given you so that everyone can see it. 252 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 2: Some scholars say that vision refers back to what God 253 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 2: promised the Israelites through Moses in Deuteronomy twenty eight. God 254 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 2: told them, if you'll obey my commands, you'll be blessed 255 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 2: in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit 256 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 2: of your womb will be blessed. Your storehouses will overflow 257 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 2: with an abundance of good. And when the enemy comes 258 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 2: against you one way, God will defeat them and cause 259 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 2: them to flee seven different ways. All these promises God 260 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 2: had spoken to them. God was saying, Tobacco, don't write 261 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 2: your complaints. Don't write how bad it is. Write who 262 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 2: I say you are, Write what I say you can do. 263 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 2: Write what I've declared over your life. Habacca changed his perspective. 264 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 2: Instead of writing about the problem, he started writing about 265 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 2: the promises. The next chapter, he had a new attitude. 266 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 2: He said, though the fig tree does not blossom and 267 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 2: there be no fruit on the vine, yet, well I 268 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 2: rejoice and joy in the God of my salvation. He 269 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 2: was saying, yes, things have come against me, but I 270 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 2: have a new vision. God, God's going to deliver us. 271 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 2: He's our waymaker, he's our promise keeper. Breakthroughs are headed 272 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 2: my way. Are you writing the right things down? It's 273 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 2: easy to write complaints. What didn't work out? Who hurt us? 274 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 2: That's going to limit you. The scripture says, where there 275 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 2: is no vision, the people perish. If you're lacking vision, 276 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 2: If you think you've reached your limits, focus on what 277 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 2: you can't do and how big the obstacles are. That 278 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 2: wrong vision is going to limit you. What would happen 279 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 2: if you would do like a backup and start writing 280 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 2: some new things? Write what God says about you. You 281 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 2: may have difficulties. God said, many are the afflictions of 282 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 2: the righteous, But the Lord delivers us out of them all. 283 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 2: Write that vision. I'm coming out. This too shall pass. 284 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 2: I'm healthy, I'm strong, good breaks are chasing me down. 285 00:16:55,680 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 2: I will have a bountiful, productive, favor filled year. Keep 286 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 2: that in front of you. That's what you're giving permission 287 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 2: to come to pass. Now. I've heard it said if 288 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 2: your vision is small, if it's limited, God will reduce 289 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 2: his plan to fit your vision. What if the vision 290 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 2: you're writing is what God is going to do? Are 291 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 2: you writing any big things? Do you have any God 292 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 2: size dreams? I don't think we would have the compact 293 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 2: center if I had not let that seed take root, 294 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 2: if I had not made that picture and kept that 295 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 2: vision in front of me, I would have talked myself 296 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 2: out of it. Well, I don't know, Joel. God's God. 297 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 2: He's going to do whatever he wants to do. Yes, 298 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 2: he has a sovereign will where he will override what 299 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 2: we want to do and bring about his plan. But 300 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 2: he also has a conditional will that's based on what 301 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 2: we choose. Think about the twelve men that Moses sent 302 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 2: to spout the promised land. God had already promised them 303 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 2: that the land was theirs, that he would help them 304 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 2: defeat the opposition, that they would live in houses that 305 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 2: they didn't build and reap from vineyards that they didn't plan. 306 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 2: But ten spies came back and said, we don't have 307 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 2: a chance. The people are huge, there are giants in 308 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 2: the land. We'll never defeat them. Notice what they wrote, 309 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 2: can't do it not able never going to happen. That 310 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 2: negative report spread throughout the two million people. Before long, 311 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 2: they were all discouraged, complaining, saying, let's go back to Egypt. 312 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 2: God promised them the land, but they never did go in. 313 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 2: What happened, God reduced his plan to fit their vision. 314 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 2: This should inspire us to get in agreement with God. 315 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 2: Don't let the wrong vision take root. Keep in front 316 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 2: of you what he's promised. There should be some things 317 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 2: that you can't accomplish on your own. Where there are 318 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 2: giants on your land, people that are not for you. 319 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 2: You don't have the experience. You need the favor of God. 320 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 2: That's how you're going to see the fullness of your destiny. 321 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 2: Maybe today you need to enlarge your vision. You're stuck 322 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 2: in neutral, not stretching, living with things that are limiting you. 323 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 2: Get quiet and listen to what God is saying to you. 324 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 2: You may have missed some opportunities in the past. The 325 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 2: good news is God is going to give you another chance. 326 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 2: You can still go into your promised land. You can 327 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 2: still get your compact center. You can still meet someone awesome. 328 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 2: Still write that book, Still lose that weight, Still move 329 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 2: into that nicer house, Write that vision, keep it in 330 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 2: front of you. My sister Lisa, brother in law. Kevin 331 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 2: tried for many years to have a baby with no success. 332 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,400 Speaker 2: Lisa took all the fertility treatments. She had a couple surgeries, 333 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 2: still nothing. Finally, the doctors told them that they couldn't 334 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 2: have children. That was one report, But they had another report. 335 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 2: They found in the scripture of all these promises about children. 336 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,360 Speaker 2: They put them up. The fruit of our womb is blessed. 337 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 2: Children are a gift from God. It says in Psalms, 338 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 2: you will make the barren woman a happy mother of children. 339 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:23,239 Speaker 2: One day, Kevin received a package in the mailtain. He 340 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 2: opened it up and there were two diapers in it. 341 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 2: It was a promotional piece that this company was doing it. 342 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 2: He didn't have any need for diapers, but Kevin took 343 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,199 Speaker 2: that as a sign from God. Instead of throwing them away, 344 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 2: he went to Lisa and said, look, here are two 345 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 2: diapers that we can use for our baby. He wrote 346 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 2: the date on them and kept them on his desk 347 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 2: at home. For months, even years, they would see those 348 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 2: diapers and thank God that their baby was coming. One day, 349 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 2: out of the bloom, a friend of ours named Nancy 350 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 2: that runs Mercy Ministries. It's a ministry to help teenage 351 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 2: girls that are in crisis. She called unexpectedly said, Lisa, 352 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 2: I know we haven't talked about this, but we have 353 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 2: a young woman that's about to give birth to twins. 354 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 2: I was wondering if you and Kevin would be interested 355 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 2: in adopting them. What Nancy didn't know was that Kevin 356 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 2: is a twin. His dream was always to have twins. 357 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 2: You think about how God sent them two diapers in 358 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 2: the mail could have been just one. But here's what 359 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 2: I've learned. When you stretch, when you believe, instead of 360 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 2: reducing your vision, God will exceed your vision. He'll do 361 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 2: more than you saw coming. They adopted those babies at birth, 362 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 2: and today those twins are beautiful girls in their twenties. 363 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 2: My nieces, God would do amazing things if you'll simply 364 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 2: write the vision. Ten of those spies had their destinies 365 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,479 Speaker 2: reduced because of a lack of vision. But there were 366 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 2: two other spies, Joshua and Caleb. They came back at 367 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 2: seeing the same giants, same people, same land. But they said, Moses, 368 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 2: we are well able. Yes, the people are big, but 369 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 2: we know our God is bigger. Let us go in 370 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 2: at once. They had a different vision. They were bold 371 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 2: enough to write what God promised well, able, victorious, this 372 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 2: is our land. Out of those two million people, they 373 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 2: were the only ones that went into the promised land. 374 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 2: Now you may have friends, family, co workers that complain, 375 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 2: see the problem, talk about how big the giants are, 376 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 2: the economy, the traffic, the boss, the bad breaks. You 377 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 2: can't stop them from writing whatever they want. But don't 378 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 2: let them talk you out of writing what God put 379 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 2: in your heart. If you're going to reach the fullness 380 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:54,640 Speaker 2: of your destiny, sometimes you have to do it alone. 381 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 2: Everyone can't see what you see. They can't hear what 382 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 2: you hear. They may try to discourage you, convince you 383 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 2: that you can't go in. There are some things you 384 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 2: need to keep to yourself. Don't tell them what's in 385 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,360 Speaker 2: your heart. Just keep it between you and God all 386 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 2: through the day. Keep seeing it, keep declaring it, keep 387 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 2: thanking God that it's on the way. You're going to 388 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 2: come in to your a point in time because you 389 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:25,199 Speaker 2: dared to believe, because you stressed, you took steps of faith. 390 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 2: Instead of reducing your vision, like the Ten Spies, God's 391 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 2: going to enlarge your vision. He's going to exceed your expectations. 392 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 2: My father was raised in a very poor family. They 393 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 2: were farmers, and they lost everything during the Great Depression 394 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 2: and he had to drop out of high school to 395 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 2: help on the farm. Didn't look like he had any 396 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 2: kind of future to speak of, but at seventeen years old, 397 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 2: he gave his life to Christ. The first one in 398 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,919 Speaker 2: the family. They knew nothing about God. He didn't have 399 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,479 Speaker 2: any kind of faith background, but he felt God calling 400 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,679 Speaker 2: him to become a minister. God put a dream in 401 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 2: his heart that one day he would pastor a church 402 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 2: with thousands of people. That didn't make sense. He didn't 403 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 2: have the training, the experience, but he was bold enough 404 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 2: to let that dream take root. He wrote it in 405 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 2: his Bible with the date that he gave his life 406 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 2: to Christ. Back in the nineteen thirties, there were no 407 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 2: churches with thousands. But God will put things in your 408 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 2: spirit that defied the odds. My father left the farm 409 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 2: at seventeen. He had to hitchhike. He went out and 410 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 2: started ministerings in the prisons, the seniors' homes. God began 411 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 2: to open doors. Nineteen fifty nine, he and my mother 412 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 2: started Lakewood in an abandoned feast door with just ninety people. 413 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 2: A few years later, my father put up a big 414 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 2: blue sign out front. It said Lakewood International Outreach Center. 415 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 2: He called it an international church, when in fact it 416 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 2: was a neighborhood church with less than one hundred people. 417 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 2: What was he doing writing the vision? He had done 418 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 2: it since he was seventeen. I'm a pastor a church 419 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 2: with thousands. Now he's calling it an international church. Over time, 420 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 2: it became just that went for those ninety people to 421 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 2: over ten thousand. Who knows where God will take you 422 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 2: if you will dare write the vision. It's not enough 423 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 2: to just think it. Just imagine. It takes on a 424 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 2: new life when you write it down. Keep something in 425 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 2: front of you that reminds you what God promised, a 426 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 2: picture like I did at the Compact Center, those diapers 427 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 2: like Kevin did, or what you've written. Well, Joel, I 428 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 2: don't hear God saying anything to me. I used to 429 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 2: have big dreams, but it's been so long I think 430 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,679 Speaker 2: I missed my chance. No, if you'll get quiet, God's 431 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 2: going to speak to you again. He's going to whisper 432 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 2: things in the night that seemed too good to be true. 433 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 2: To water it down, you don't have to figure it out. 434 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 2: He didn't ask you to write the how, He just said, 435 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 2: write what I've spoken to you. As you keep that 436 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 2: vision in front of you and thanking him that it's 437 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 2: on the way, declaring that it's going to happen. God 438 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 2: promises that there is an appointed time that it will 439 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 2: show up, and it will not be one second late. Now, 440 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,439 Speaker 2: many of you have been faithful. You've kept that vision. 441 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 2: You believe when the odds were against you. Get ready, 442 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 2: You're about to come in to one of euro appointed times. 443 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 2: God's about to show out in your life. I believe 444 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 2: and declare something that you've never seen. New doors are 445 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 2: about to open, the right people showing up, healing, freedom, breakthroughs, 446 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 2: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if 447 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 2: you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to 448 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 2: give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 449 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 2: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say it, Lord, Jesus, 450 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 2: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 451 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 2: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 452 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 2: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd love 453 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 2: to send you some information on your new walk with 454 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 2: the Lord. You can text the number on the screen 455 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 2: or go to the website. But I hope you'll get 456 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 2: into a good Bible based church and keep God first place. 457 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 3: Breathtaking that's what you feel when you look out at 458 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 3: majestic mountain peaks. Yes, God's creation truly is a masterpiece. 459 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:39,119 Speaker 3: But even as you consider his handiwork, you might also 460 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:44,159 Speaker 3: feel bless that not good enough or not valuable. The 461 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 3: image before you is incredible, but the confidence inside is lacking. 462 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 3: How do you overcome this? 463 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 2: The opinion you have of yourself is your most important opinion. 464 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 2: Too often we see ourselves as ordinary, not talented, unattractive. 465 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 2: That wrong self image is setting the limits for our life. 466 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 2: The key is to get an agreement with who God 467 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 2: says you are. He calls you a masterpiece, strong, talented, valuable. 468 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 2: If you'll have the right image of yourself, you'll rise 469 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 2: higher and become who you were created to be. 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