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They get a new grip. 42 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 3: It's closer than you think. You wouldn't be hearing this 43 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 3: if it wasn't about to happen. Hi, this is Joel 44 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 3: and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks 45 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 3: for supporting the ministry. 46 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 47 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 48 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 49 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 3: your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 50 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 3: you today and every in our area. Please stop buying 51 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 3: be a part of one of our services. We would 52 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,399 Speaker 3: love to have you now. I hope you'll stay connected 53 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 3: with us during the week. We have a daily podcast. 54 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 3: You can download our YouTube channel, watch the messages anytime. 55 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 3: You can follow us on social media and we'll keep 56 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 3: you encouraged and inspired. But I'd like to start with 57 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 3: something funny and I heard about this pastor. He'd been 58 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 3: out bear hunting all day long, searched and searched through 59 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 3: the woods and could find any sign of a bear. Finally, 60 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 3: in frustration, he threw his gun on the ground and 61 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 3: went to the stream to cool off. About that time, 62 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 3: he saw this huge, grizzly bear about one hundred yards 63 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 3: away running toward him full speed ahead. He fell on 64 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 3: his knees and said, God, please convert this bear to 65 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 3: a Christian. Miraculously, the bear froze in his tracks, put 66 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 3: both paws up in the hair, and said, Lord, thank 67 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 3: you for this food I'm about to eat. Say it 68 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 3: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 69 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 3: what it says I am. I have what it says 70 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 3: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 71 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 3: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 72 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 3: boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 73 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 74 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 3: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 75 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 3: extra mile blessings. There are times God asks us to 76 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 3: do things that are hard, things that don't make sense. 77 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 3: To give something to others when we need it more 78 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 3: than them, to take a step of faith when we 79 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 3: don't have the experience, or to forgive someone that doesn't 80 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 3: deserve it. Everything in our logic says, this is not right. 81 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 3: That's too much, it's not fair. God is asking you 82 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 3: to go the extra mile. Any time you obey, there's 83 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 3: a blessing that follows. If you're going to see extra 84 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 3: mile blessings, you have to have extra mile obedience when 85 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 3: you do the hard thing that God's asking you to do. 86 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 3: It's not because God's trying to make your life miserable. 87 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 3: It's because he has something awesome coming your way. You 88 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 3: can't reach the fullness of your destiny without extra mile obedience. 89 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 3: There are good breaks increase healing that are only connected 90 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 3: to doing the right thing when it's hard, and it's 91 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 3: good to obey in the small things that's important. Be 92 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 3: kind to a neighbor, give to charity. A coworker is 93 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 3: rude and you let it go. That's not real difficult. 94 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 3: But when you're about to go to a new level, 95 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 3: when you're about to see something unusual, out of the ordinary, 96 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 3: don't be surprised if God asked you to do a 97 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 3: hard thing, to go the extra mile. Well, God, I'll 98 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 3: keep giving my offerings each week, but not that money 99 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 3: I've saved up from my dreams. I'll forgive that relative 100 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 3: that offended me yesterday, but not that one that hurt 101 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 3: me five years ago. I'll go to work on time, 102 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 3: do my best. But I can't apply for that management position. 103 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 3: You know I'm not qualified. There are extra mile blessings 104 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,919 Speaker 3: waiting for you, something out of the ordinary. The question 105 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 3: is will you have extra mile obedience? Is God asking 106 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 3: you to do something that seems too hard, uncomfortable to 107 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 3: break away from a friend that's causing you to compromise, 108 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 3: to be more disciplined in what you're watching, to go 109 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 3: back to school and sharpen your skills. Everything in your 110 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 3: reasoning will tell you you don't have time. It's not 111 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 3: going to matter. Don't rock the boat. Yes, it may 112 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 3: be difficult, but if you could see the blessing that's 113 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 3: attached to the obedience, if you could see the joy, 114 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 3: the fulfillment, the provision, that you would dig down deep 115 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 3: and do it. One king seventeen, there was a widow 116 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 3: that lived in the city of Zerophath. Her husband had died, 117 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 3: and now she was living there alone with her one son. 118 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 3: There was a drought in the land, dried up all 119 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 3: the crops. She couldn't find any groceries. All she had 120 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 3: left was a little flour and a little oil, just 121 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 3: enough for one meal. She was out picking up sticks 122 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 3: to build a fire. She was going to cook her 123 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 3: last meal. Few days earlier, the prophet Elijah was at 124 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 3: the Jordan River where he had been living. Every morning 125 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 3: the ravens, these birds would come to him, and that's 126 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 3: how he survived. Well. The ravens quit coming. God said 127 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 3: to him in verse eight. Go to the city of Zerophath. 128 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 3: There is a widow that will feed you there. It's 129 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 3: interesting that God sent him to a widow that didn't 130 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 3: have any food. When God does things that don't make sense, 131 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 3: that means he's up to something out of the ordinary. 132 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 3: Something supernatural is about to happen. Elijah came walking into 133 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 3: town saw the widow gathering up the wood. He said, 134 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 3: excuse me, ma'am, I'm traveling through the city. Would you 135 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 3: please bring me a cup of water? That was no problem. 136 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 3: She was kind, she was giving. She stopped what she 137 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 3: was doing. Despite her own challenges. She went to get 138 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 3: the water. Most of us are like her. If it's 139 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 3: not too much, we're going to do it. If it's 140 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 3: a small thing, no problem. But here's the test. As 141 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 3: she was going to get the water, Elijah said, ma'am, 142 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 3: I'm hungry too. Please bring me a loaf of bread 143 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:52,119 Speaker 3: as well. The water was easy, the bread was hard. 144 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 3: She said, Sir, I swear by the Lord your God, 145 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 3: I don't have any bread in my house. I only 146 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 3: have enough flower to make me and my son some food. 147 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 3: We're going to eat it, then we're going to die. 148 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 3: You would think, Elijah would saying, I'm so sorry. I'm 149 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 3: gonna help you find food instead. Just after she poured 150 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 3: out her heart, after she had swore that she didn't 151 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 3: have any extra food, Elijah said, I understand you don't 152 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 3: have enough for all of us, but make me a 153 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 3: loaf of bread first, give me what I need. If 154 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 3: you'll do this, the Lord God of Israel says, there 155 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 3: will always be plenty of flour and plenty of oil 156 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 3: left in your containers. Elijah was saying, if you will 157 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 3: have extra mile obedience, if you'll do something that doesn't 158 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 3: make sense, that doesn't seem logical. Nothing in your reasoning 159 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 3: says to make him a meal when you need a meal. 160 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 3: But if you'll do it, you'll see an extra mile blessing. 161 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 3: You'll see supernatural provision, supernatural increase. What God asked you 162 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 3: to do is not always going to make sense. It's 163 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 3: not always going to be logical. This is what faith 164 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 3: is all about. Give away what you need, make him 165 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 3: a meal first. This widow didn't understand it. Thoughts told her, 166 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 3: you're making a mistake. This couldn't be God. You and 167 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 3: your son should be eating this last meal. But this 168 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 3: woman dared to obey, She took that step of faith 169 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 3: and made him a meal. First Verse sixteen says she 170 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 3: and her son continued to eat from the flower and 171 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,319 Speaker 3: from the oil, for no matter how much they used, 172 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 3: there was always plenty of oil left in the containers. 173 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 3: When you have extra mild obedience, you set miracles into motion. 174 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 3: God begins to pour out blessings, open up doors, bring 175 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 3: supernatural provision, healing things that you couldn't make happen that 176 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 3: will thrust you into new levels of your destiny. Are 177 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 3: you missing the great things God wants to do because 178 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 3: you're not willing to do the hard things? Don't talk 179 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 3: to yourself out of it. The more difficult it is, 180 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 3: the greater the blessing. God could have had Elijah show 181 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 3: up and tell the woman God wants you to know. 182 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 3: He sees that you're struggling. He's going to supply all 183 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 3: of your needs. He could have done it without her 184 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 3: feeding Elijah. But most of the time, an act of 185 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 3: obedience is required. If you'll do the hard thing when 186 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 3: it doesn't seem logical, you don't feel like it. Everything 187 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 3: in your intellect is telling you this doesn't make sense. 188 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 3: If you'll have this extra mile obedience, you'll see God 189 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 3: show out in your life. He wouldn't ask you to 190 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 3: do something hard unless he has something amazing coming. Is 191 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 3: he asking you to forgive someone that hurts you He've 192 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 3: been holding on for years. They don't deserve it, They 193 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 3: were wrong. You're not excusing their behavior. You're letting go 194 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 3: of the poison. You could see what God has in 195 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 3: store on the other side of that forgiveness. You wouldn't 196 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 3: think twice. There are extra mild blessings, new relationships, new opportunities, 197 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 3: greater joy. Think about Joseph, betrayed by his brothers. He 198 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 3: went through thirteen years of injustice, rejection, in prison, all 199 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 3: because of his brother's jealousy. One day they showed up 200 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 3: at the palace. Now he was in charge, vindicated, promoted. 201 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 3: His brothers were standing before him, trying to buy food 202 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 3: in a famine. This was Joseph's big chance to pay 203 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,719 Speaker 3: them back, to get even. But Joseph could hear that 204 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 3: still small voice saying, forgive, be good to them, let 205 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 3: it go. It's one thing to forgive when someone is 206 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 3: rude to you at the office. That doesn't take a 207 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 3: lot of effort. But these brothers sold Joseph into slavery. 208 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 3: They took his freedom. He lost years of his life 209 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 3: being away from his faith, not following his dream because 210 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 3: of what they did to him. In a sense, he 211 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 3: had a right to be angry to get revenge. But 212 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 3: Joseph understood this principle. He had extra mile obedience. He 213 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 3: forgave people that didn't deserve him. He forgave the people 214 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 3: that tried to ruin his life because he showed God 215 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 3: that he could trust him to do the hard thing, 216 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 3: to forgive when it wasn't fair to be good to 217 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 3: people that weren't good to him. God poured out extra 218 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 3: mile blessings. He put Joseph in charge of the whole nation. 219 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 3: When you have extra mile obedience, you do what God's 220 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 3: asking you to do when it's hard, it's not fair, 221 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 3: doesn't make sense. There's no limit to how high God 222 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 3: will take you. Is God asking you to break away 223 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 3: from people that are pulling you down? You know they're 224 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:57,719 Speaker 3: a negative influence causing you to compromise. Joel, they've been 225 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 3: my friend for years. We always had out. I know 226 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 3: it's not easy, but where could you go? What could 227 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 3: you become if you did the hard thing? God wouldn't 228 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 3: be asking you if he didn't have extra mile blessings 229 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 3: in store? Is God asking you to keep a good 230 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 3: attitude in a negative situation. You're working hard but not 231 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 3: seeing growth, praying for your child, they're not changing. You 232 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 3: lost a client, business has slowed. You attempted to be critical, complain, 233 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 3: live sour, Do the hard thing, Keep being your best, 234 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 3: keep thanking God, keep being good to people, keep declaring 235 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 3: the victory. When you do the hard thing, you set 236 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 3: miracles into motion. Angels go to work, good breaks come 237 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 3: looking for you. In the early nineteen seventies, Lakewood started 238 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 3: to grow. We had less than two hundred people for 239 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 3: thirteen years. Now my father's dreams were starting to come 240 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 3: to pass. We were in the original building, the little 241 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 3: feed store. We needed a larger auditorium. One Sunday, my 242 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 3: father announced to the congregation that we were going to 243 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 3: build a new sanctuary that held a thousand people. He 244 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 3: asked everyone if they would pray about what they could 245 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 3: give toward it. In a few weeks, he was going 246 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:21,479 Speaker 3: to take up a special offering. The whole church was excited. 247 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 3: People gave generously. We had enough to get started. There 248 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 3: was a small Spanish church down the road They had 249 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 3: been building a new church for months. It was going 250 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 3: very slowly. One afternoon, my father stopped by to see 251 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 3: how they were doing it. He had never met them, 252 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 3: didn't know anyone. He just wanted to be friendly and 253 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 3: let them know that we were praying for them. They 254 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 3: told how they started their building, but it costs more 255 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 3: than they thought. They had some setbacks and ran out 256 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 3: of funds. Now it was just sitting there, half finished, 257 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 3: had part of the roof, part of the walls, nothing inside. 258 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 3: The next day my father heard a still small voice saying, 259 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 3: I want you to give that money you took up 260 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 3: for your new building to that Spanish church so they 261 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 3: can finish their building. His first thought was, get behind me, Satan. 262 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 3: That could not be God. That's money for our sanctuary. 263 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 3: He began to reason it out, but he couldn't get 264 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 3: away from it. Down deep, he knew he was supposed 265 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 3: to give that money. Like Elijah and the widow, it 266 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 3: was a test, will you make me a meal first? 267 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 3: Will you do the hard thing, something that you don't understand, 268 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 3: and give away what you need. After debating it a 269 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 3: few days, he finally decided to do it. The Spanish 270 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 3: pastor was so thrilled. He couldn't believe it. They were 271 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 3: able to finish their building. What's interesting is the funds 272 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 3: for Lakewood's building started coming in from all over. A 273 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 3: lady flew into town that had never met my father, 274 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 3: never been to Lakewood. She had read some of his books, 275 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 3: but she handed my father a check for more than 276 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 3: what we gave the Spanish Church. One lady out of 277 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 3: the blue, like this widow woman. There was supernatural provision. 278 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 3: The money came in for the foundation, the steel, the walls, 279 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 3: the seats, the sound system. The whole building was built 280 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 3: debt free. We never lack for resources. Not just that building, 281 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 3: but my father built another sanctuary, and another and another, 282 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 3: paid cash for everyone, never borrowed. The provision kept coming. 283 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 3: It all started when he did a hard thing. He 284 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 3: gave away what he needed. When you have extra mile obedience, 285 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 3: you're going to see these extra mile blessings. This really 286 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 3: boils down to a question of trust. God was saying 287 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 3: to the widow, if you take care of the prophet, 288 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 3: if you make the last meal, do you trust me? 289 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 3: Did I'll take care of you? To my father, if 290 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 3: you give the funds to that Spanish church, do you 291 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 3: trust me? That I'll give you the funds for your 292 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 3: church if you forgive that person that hurts you, Do 293 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 3: you trust me that I'll make it up to you. 294 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,199 Speaker 3: On the way to your destiny, God is going to 295 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:14,159 Speaker 3: ask you to do things that require great trust. You 296 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 3: can't have extra mile obedience if you're not convinced that 297 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 3: God is going to take care of you, that He 298 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 3: has the favor, the blessings, the funds, the people, the 299 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 3: confidence to get you to your purpose. The last Sunday 300 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 3: that we were in our former location, right before we 301 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 3: came to the Compact Center, I was driving home after 302 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 3: the services that afternoon. It was very emotional pulling out 303 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 3: of the parking lot for the last time. I'd spent 304 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 3: my whole life at that location. As I was leaving there, 305 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 3: there was a rainbow in the sky looked like it 306 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 3: stretched from the old location to this place. It was 307 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 3: like God was saying, I'm doing a new thing. I 308 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 3: felt very grateful. Now. About that time, I passed the 309 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 3: Spanish church that my father in the First Congregation helped 310 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 3: build some thirty years earlier. On their small marquis out front, 311 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 3: it said thank you Lakewood for giving us our building. 312 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 3: I wonder if I would be standing here if my 313 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 3: father had not had extra mile obedience, had he not 314 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 3: done the right thing when it was hard, had he 315 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 3: not proven to God that he could trust him. I 316 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 3: don't know if I would be seeing the blessing and 317 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 3: favor on my life. Where will your children be thirty 318 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 3: years from now if you will have extra mile obedience, 319 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 3: What kind of favor, good, breaks, abundance will they see? 320 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,200 Speaker 3: Because you did the right thing when it was hard. 321 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 3: You could have played it safe, not taken any risk, 322 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 3: held on to the hurts. But like this widow, you said, God, 323 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 3: I trust you. Doesn't make sense, but I'm going to 324 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 3: do it even though I don't understand it. You had 325 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 3: extra mile obedience. Get ready, you're going to see ex 326 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:05,400 Speaker 3: stromile blessings, blessings that not only catapult you ahead, but 327 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 3: your children and grandchildren will be better off. They'll walk 328 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 3: in favor and blessings because of you. Anytime God asks 329 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 3: you to do something hard, that's a sign that's something 330 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 3: big is in your future. The widow went from getting 331 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 3: by each day, having just enough to survive, to having 332 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 3: abundance provision that never ran out. My father went from 333 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 3: believing for one sanctuary hoping to have the funds to 334 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 3: pay for that thousand seat auditorium, to having the funds 335 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 3: over the years to build multiple auditoriums much bigger than 336 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 3: he ever imagined. Don't put off the hard thing. God 337 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 3: wouldn't be asking you to do it if he didn't 338 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 3: have something much better in your future. But sometimes we 339 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 3: let fear hold us back. What if I do it, Joel, 340 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 3: it doesn't work out. What if I make the profit 341 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 3: the meal and I starve. What if I give these 342 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 3: fun and I can't build my sanctuary? David said, I 343 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 3: was young and now I'm old, and I've never once 344 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 3: seen the righteous forsaken God is not going to let 345 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 3: you down. Don't let fear and doubt keep you from 346 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 3: seeing the greatness of our God. He's going to ask 347 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,719 Speaker 3: you to do things that don't make sense. It's because 348 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 3: faith has to do with your heart, not necessarily your mind. 349 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 3: That's why the scripture says lean not to your own understanding. 350 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 3: If you can figure it out, make it work on paper, 351 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,479 Speaker 3: you've got it calculated how it can happen, then you 352 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 3: don't need faith. But when you're like this widow, you calculate, 353 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,120 Speaker 3: I have enough flour for one meal. I've made bread 354 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 3: my whole life. I'm concluded. We're limited. That's when faith 355 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 3: has to kick in. God. If you want me to 356 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 3: make the profit of a meal, first, you want me 357 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 3: to do something I don't understand. I trust you. Doesn't 358 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:00,119 Speaker 3: make sense to me, but I realize I'm natural and 359 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 3: you're supernatural. You controlled the universe. You spoke worlds into existence. 360 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 3: You stopped the sun for Joshua. You gave Sarah a 361 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 3: baby at ninety years old. You parted the sea for Moses. 362 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,400 Speaker 3: You opened prison doors for Paul. You brought water out 363 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 3: of a rock for the Israelites. I recognized you're Jehovah, Jirah, 364 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 3: my healer, my deliver my promise keeper, my waymaker, my 365 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 3: miracle worker. Jesus was on the shore of Galilee about 366 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 3: to teach the people. So many were gathered that he 367 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 3: didn't have room. He saw both over on the side. 368 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 3: The owner, a man named Peter, was cleaning his nets. 369 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 3: Jesus had never met Peter, but he asked a bar 370 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 3: of the boat. He pushed out from the shore and 371 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 3: started teaching. The scripture says Peter had fished all night 372 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 3: and caught nothing. He was a little frustrated, tired, ready 373 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 3: to get home as soon as this man gets out 374 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 3: of his boat. When Jesus fithed, he asked Peter to 375 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 3: do something that didn't seem logical. He said, Peter, launch 376 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 3: out into the deep and you will catch a great 377 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 3: haul of fish. I can imagine Peter thinking, excuse me, 378 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 3: I'm a professional fisherman, you're a teacher. I didn't tell 379 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 3: you how to teach. I've been doing this for years. 380 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 3: I know when to fish. This is not the right time. 381 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 3: Everything in his logic said, don't do it. It's going 382 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 3: to be a waste of time. He could have said, sir, 383 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 3: I appreciate your suggestions, thanks for your advice, but that 384 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 3: doesn't make sense. He could have walked away and we 385 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,919 Speaker 3: would have never heard of Peter. But I love the 386 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 3: fact that, even though Peter didn't understand it, even though 387 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 3: it went against his logic, he said, Jesus, we fished 388 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 3: all night and caught nothing. Nevertheless, at your word, we 389 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 3: will go back out. He threw out his net and 390 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 3: caught so many fish that his net began to break. 391 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 3: When you have extra mild obedience, God will give you 392 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 3: net breaking blessings, blessings that you can't explain increase. It 393 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 3: doesn't make sense. You weren't the most qualified, you didn't 394 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 3: have the seniority, But the promotion came to you, The 395 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 3: healing came to you. The right people came to you. 396 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 3: It's significant that there were no fish there a few 397 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 3: hours before, but God knows how to bring the fish 398 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 3: to your nets. What you tried before may not have worked. 399 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 3: But when you hear God say, do it again. Don't 400 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 3: reason it out, don't talk to yourself out of it, 401 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,159 Speaker 3: go back out. God is putting the fish, the provision, 402 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 3: the healing, the good breaks right where you need. It. 403 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 3: Wasn't there last time, but it's going to be there 404 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 3: next time. A couple of years after Victoria and I 405 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 3: were married, we sold our town home. It was a 406 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 3: beautiful place, backed up to the woods. We made a 407 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 3: good profit, and we're looking for a house. One day, 408 00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 3: Victoria called me at work, said, Joel, I found on 409 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 3: new Come see it. It was this old rundown house. 410 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 3: It had been abandoned, doors were missing, had holes in 411 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 3: the roof. There were buckets inside to catch the water. 412 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 3: Had made your foundation problems. The floor was all crooked. 413 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,199 Speaker 3: Nothing about the house was good, but it was on 414 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 3: a nice piece of property close into the city. Victoria 415 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 3: was so excited. She said, Joe, we can fix this 416 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 3: up and do this and do that. We will love 417 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,439 Speaker 3: living here. I thought she had lost her mind. It 418 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 3: didn't make sense. We just came out of this beautiful 419 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 3: town home. This place was a tear down. But when 420 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 3: I would get quiet, I would hear that still small 421 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 3: voice saying she's right, this is your property. I felt 422 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 3: peace about it. We bought it and fixed it up. 423 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 3: A year later, a builder knocked on our door and 424 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,719 Speaker 3: asked if we would sell the property. I said, no, thanks, 425 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,159 Speaker 3: it's not for sale. He said, how about if I 426 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 3: give you this amount. I said, like I said, we'd 427 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 3: love to sell it. We sold him half of the property. 428 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 3: He built two houses, one for us and one for him. 429 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 3: A year later we had a brand new, beautiful home, 430 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 3: something more than we ever imagine. When you have extra 431 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 3: mile obedience, you're going to see these extra mile blessings. 432 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 3: Don't talk yourself out of what you know God is 433 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 3: asking you to do. It's not always going to make sense. 434 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 3: Make the profit a meal first, give the funds to 435 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 3: the Spanish church. Go back after we fished all night, 436 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 3: buy this old rundown house. Trust that God knows what's 437 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 3: best for you. He'll never ask you to do a 438 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:44,439 Speaker 3: hard thing unless he has something amazing coming. Sometimes we 439 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 3: miss God's best, we miss the extra mile blessing because 440 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 3: we don't want to take a risk, we don't want 441 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 3: to forgive. We don't want to give what we need. 442 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 3: That's what's going to take you to the fullness of 443 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 3: your destiny. That's where you'll see the greatness of our God. 444 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 3: My friends, Craig and Samantha had their third child a 445 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 3: while back, and for a couple of years everything was great. 446 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 3: But they begin to notice little Connor wasn't developing like normal. 447 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 3: He was diagnosed with autism. They're people of faith, they 448 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 3: know that God's in control, but it was still difficult. 449 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 3: They could have sat around defeated, bitter God, why did 450 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 3: this happen? But in the midst of their pain, Craig 451 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 3: heard God say to him, I'm going to use your 452 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 3: son Connor to help people all over the world. Craig said, God, 453 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,919 Speaker 3: my son can't even talk, he can't even ask for 454 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,439 Speaker 3: a drink of water. How's he going to help people. 455 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 3: Wasn't long after that that Samantha walked in his room 456 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 3: one night, about to put him to bed. Connor had 457 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 3: his Bible in his hand. He held it up and said, 458 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 3: this is my Bible. I am what it says, I am. 459 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:56,199 Speaker 3: He quoted the whole thing. He had been watching our videos. 460 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 3: Those were the first words that he ever spoke. They 461 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 3: were so thrilled. Craig was the head of our children's 462 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 3: ministry at the time, and he realized we didn't have 463 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 3: any programs for children with special needs. Parents couldn't attend 464 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 3: church with these children that are not able to sit 465 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 3: through a service. He felt God telling him to start 466 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 3: a ministry for special needs children. He could have thought, 467 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 3: God is hard enough to raise our own son, our 468 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 3: hands are full. That doesn't make sense to take on 469 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 3: more challenges. God was asking him to do a hard thing, 470 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 3: to birth a ministry. Out of his pain, Craig and 471 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 3: Samantha started the Champion's Club for children with autism and 472 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 3: special needs. The first month, three hundred new families joined 473 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 3: the church. Today, there are over one hundred Champions Clubs 474 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:52,400 Speaker 3: in churches around the world. Craig had extra mile obedience. 475 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 3: What happened. He had seen extra mile blessings, just like 476 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 3: God said influence is impacting people all over the world. 477 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 3: Is God asking you to do a hard thing, something 478 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 3: that doesn't make sense, doesn't seem fair. If you'll take 479 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,919 Speaker 3: that step, you'll see God show out in your life. 480 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 3: It's easy to make excuses, reason it out. It's not logical. 481 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 3: What if I fail? They don't deserve it. I'm not qualified. 482 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 3: If you could see what's on the other side of 483 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 3: that obedience, the joy, the favor, the victory, then you 484 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 3: wouldn't put it off. There are extra mile blessings waiting 485 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 3: for you, blessings that will thrust you ahead. The way 486 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 3: you release them is by having extra mile obedience. If 487 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 3: you'll do this, I believe and declare, like the widow, 488 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 3: you're going to see supernatural provision like Peter Net, breaking 489 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 3: blessings like my father, increase that affects your children like 490 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 3: Craig and Samantha. Out of your pain, you will see 491 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 3: your purpose, doors opening dreams, come into past, favor that 492 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 3: catapults you into your destiny in Jesus' name, and if 493 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 3: you receive it, can you say amen, I'd like to 494 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 3: give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 495 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 3: your life. Would you pray with me. Just say, Lord Jesus, 496 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 3: I repent of my sins. 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