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Move forward, 40 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 4: Believe for your healing. Speak victory over your children. It's 41 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 4: time to take possession of what God promised you. Hi, 42 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 4: this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 43 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 4: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 44 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 45 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 46 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 47 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 4: your life. Well, God bless you. It's great to be 48 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 4: with you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with 49 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 4: us during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 50 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,679 Speaker 4: social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I'd like 51 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 4: to start with something funny, and I heard about five 52 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 4: relationship tips for women. Number one, it's important to find 53 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 4: a man that loves you and is loyal. Number two, 54 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 4: it's important to find a man that's fun and makes 55 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 4: you laugh. Number three, it's important to find a man 56 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 4: that's a hard worker provides a good living. Number four, 57 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 4: it's important to find a man that's a great father 58 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 4: and good with children. And number five, it's important that 59 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 4: none of these four men know each other. All right, y'all. 60 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 4: I told that to Victoria yesterday. We were with some friends 61 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 4: down at the church. When I finished, she started walking away. 62 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 4: I said, where are you going? She said, to find 63 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 4: my other three men. I said, listen near, baby, you 64 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 4: got forty one here. So that's what I believe in you. Oy, 65 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 4: come on, tay it like you mean it. This is 66 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 4: my Bible. I am what it says, I am, I 67 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 4: have what it says I have I can do what 68 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 4: it says I can do. Today, I will be taught 69 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 4: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 70 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 4: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 71 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 72 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 4: to you today about it's already defeated. We all face 73 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 4: situations that should hold us back. What we're up against 74 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 4: is bigger and stronger. It's easy to live in fear, intimidated, 75 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 4: thinking that it could never work out. But the scripture 76 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 4: says in First John, chapter four, because you belong to God, 77 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 4: you have already defe the enemy. What you're up against 78 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 4: has already been defeated. God is not in the heavens 79 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 4: fighting with the enemy trying to free you. Heal you, 80 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 4: deliver you, favor you. The battle has already been won 81 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 4: two thousand years ago. When Jesus came up out of 82 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 4: the grave, he defeated everything that can hold you back. 83 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 4: He took care of it once and for all. The 84 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 4: scripture says he rendered the enemy powerless. One translation says 85 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 4: he brought him to naught. Naught means zero wasn't even close. 86 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 4: It was a shutout. Here's the beauty. Because you belong 87 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 4: to God, because you're his child, you have already defeated 88 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 4: the enemy. Anything you face in life, you need to 89 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 4: see it as defeated. Don't pray for victory. Pray from victory. Father, 90 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 4: thank you that I am free, I am healed, I 91 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 4: am forgiven, I am prosperous, I am victorious. But the 92 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 4: challenge is, even though our enemy is def defeated, he 93 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 4: makes a lot of noise. The scripture says he goes 94 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 4: about as a roaring lion. He's not a lion. He 95 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 4: can't overpower you. He can't control your destiny. He's like 96 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:17,799 Speaker 4: a lion. That means he's loud. He'll roar negative thoughts, 97 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 4: that sickness will be the end of you. You'll never 98 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 4: meet the right person. You've made too many mistakes. There's 99 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 4: nothing good in your future. Do yourself a favor. Ignore 100 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 4: the roar. Don't believe his lines. When those thoughts come, 101 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 4: just give him the zero sign. Remind him you have 102 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 4: no power over me. You've already been defeated. Because I 103 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 4: belong to God, I will walk in victory. I will 104 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 4: live and not die. I will prosper and succeed. I 105 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 4: will stay in peace in the midst of the storm. 106 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 4: When you know what comes against you has already been defeated, 107 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 4: it changes your outlook. You won't live in fear, worried 108 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 4: about your future, letting doubt hold you back. You'll move 109 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 4: forward knowing that God has already taken care of anything 110 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,919 Speaker 4: you'll face. The path has already been cleared, says in Daniel. 111 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 4: The people who know their God will be strong and 112 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 4: do exploits. When you know your God and what he's done, 113 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 4: that he's already defeated the enemy, that he's taken away 114 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 4: his power, that he's brought him to zero, then you 115 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 4: will be strong. You won't be moved by opposition. You 116 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 4: won't fall apart when trouble comes. You won't give up 117 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 4: because someone did you wrong. You know it can't stop 118 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 4: your purpose. You'll not only have a supernatural strength, but 119 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 4: you'll do exploits. You'll take your family to a new level. 120 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 4: You'll break addictions that have held you back. You'll accomplish 121 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 4: dreams bigger than you've imagined. Have the right perspective whatever 122 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 4: enemies you face, enemies of fear, enemies of depression, enemies 123 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 4: of sicknesses, enemies of insecurity, they have already been defeated. 124 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 4: Now here's the key. If you don't realize this, you 125 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 4: can let a defeated enemy keep you from your destiny. 126 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 4: Years ago, there was a missionary in Africa. He was 127 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 4: traveling by horseback down this narrow, winding trail. It was 128 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 4: a hot Sunday afternoon. He was on his way to 129 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 4: one of the little villages. As he approached a sharp 130 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 4: turn in the trail, the horse stopped and wouldn't go 131 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 4: any further. It's sensed that something was wrong around the corner. 132 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 4: He couldn't make the horse go. He finally got off 133 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 4: and looked around the curve. There was a huge snake 134 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 4: about ten feet long, very thick, curled up right in 135 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 4: the middle of the past, basking in the sun. He 136 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 4: had his head hidden under this small flat stone. The 137 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 4: men's heart was gripped with fear. He'd been warned about 138 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 4: how dangerous and poisonous the snakes were. He didn't know 139 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 4: what to do, didn't have any kind of weapon, there 140 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 4: was no way around. The path was thick with trees 141 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 4: and brush on each side. After about fifteen minutes, he 142 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 4: got his nerve up. He picked up the biggest rock 143 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 4: he could possibly find. He was going to throw it 144 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 4: on top of that flat stone where the snake was 145 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 4: hiding his head. He moved very cautiously forward, trembling with 146 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 4: fear the back of his mind, thinking what if I 147 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 4: miss What if I don't kill him, just make him mad, 148 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 4: he may turn around and bite me. Amid all those fears, 149 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 4: with the adrenaline flowing, he hurled that rock on top 150 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 4: of the snake with all of his might. Much to 151 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 4: his surprise, the snake didn't move. He got a little 152 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 4: closer and suddenly realized the snake was already dead. Someone 153 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 4: passing that way before him had crushed the snake's head 154 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 4: and just left him lying in the path. The good 155 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 4: news is someone has already been down our path and 156 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 4: cleared it of everything that could harm us. When Jesus 157 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 4: came to the earth, he went around doing good, healing people, 158 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 4: showing mercy, but the religious leaders didn't accept him, even 159 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 4: though he had done no wrong. They put a crown 160 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 4: of thorns on his head and forced him to carry 161 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 4: his own cross to be crucified. Hanging on the cross, 162 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 4: he could have called angels to come rescue him, but 163 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 4: he didn't do it. He hung there for you and 164 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 4: for me. The nails didn't hold him on the cross. 165 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 4: Love held him on the cross. He's all a part 166 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 4: of God's plan. The scripture says. For this reason, the 167 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 4: son of God came to earth to destroy the works 168 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 4: of the enemy. Jesus went before us and crusted Satan's head. 169 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 4: He took away all of his power. Now we can 170 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 4: live a victorious life. But I wonder if you're letting 171 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 4: a dead snake keep you from moving forward. What's in 172 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 4: your path may seem harmful, looks like you can't get 173 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 4: around it. You're afraid, can't sleep at night, trouble at work, child, 174 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 4: this off course, mistakes you've made, guilt, condemnation. If you'll 175 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 4: start moving forward, you'll discover the snake is already dead. 176 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 4: God didn't leave you here on this earth with enemies 177 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 4: that can stop your destiny. They're already defeated. But in 178 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 4: order to see what God has done, you have to 179 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 4: take steps forward. Can't let fear dominate They've worried about 180 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 4: your future. Believe in the roar that the obstacle's too big, 181 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 4: the addiction too strong, sickness too powerful, the mistake too great. Yes, 182 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 4: it looks intimidating, but it's not what you think. The 183 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 4: head is already crushed. God is already taking care of 184 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 4: what's trying to stop you. Don't let a dead snake 185 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 4: keep you from reaching your destiny. The power in you 186 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 4: is greater than any power that's coming against you. If 187 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 4: you were on your own, it would be a problem. 188 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 4: But you're not on your own. The most high God 189 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 4: lives in you. Isaiah said, he goes before you and 190 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 4: makes crooked place his strength. He's already gone before you 191 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 4: and defeated those enemies. Jesus said in John fourteen, the 192 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 4: prince of this world comes, and he has no power 193 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 4: over me. Now, I'm not saying that you won't have 194 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 4: difficulties things that are not fair. The Prince of this 195 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 4: world will come. That's the enemy. But you can say, 196 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 4: like Jesus, he has no power over me. I know 197 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 4: a secret. He's already been defeated. We didn't defeat him, 198 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 4: Jesus defeated him. But because we belong to Christ, his 199 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 4: victory is our victory. Because he lives, we can live 200 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 4: because he rendered him powerless. We can walk in freedom now. 201 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 4: To see this victory. You can't have a defeated mindset, Joel, 202 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 4: I'm under attack. The enemy's working over time on me. 203 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 4: I don't know what I'm going to do now. The 204 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 4: right attitude is the enemy. He has no power over me. 205 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 4: He used to have power. He used to have the 206 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 4: keys to death in hell. But Jesus took away those keys. 207 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 4: He lost his power. His conqueror, our savior, gave us 208 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 4: the keys. Now we have authority. Now we can live 209 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 4: in victory instead of being underattack. When things come against us, 210 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 4: you need to be on the attack. Father, Thank you 211 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 4: that every force that's trying to stop me has already 212 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 4: been defeated. I will not shrink back in fear, letting 213 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 4: a dead snake fool me. I know you've already crushed 214 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 4: his head. I know you've already won the victory. So 215 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 4: I will move forward, knowing that you always caused me 216 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 4: to try umph. When my father was in his forties, 217 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 4: he had a dream one night. He was in this 218 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 4: room about thirty feet by thirty feet. In one corner 219 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 4: of the room was this very evil being like Satan himself, 220 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,199 Speaker 4: upon a throne. In another corner was this man trying 221 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 4: to get out of the room. There was only one door, 222 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 4: and my father was standing by that door, watching all 223 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 4: this take place. The man wanted out so desperately, but 224 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 4: he couldn't move. He was flailing his arms like he 225 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 4: was swimming, struggling the inch forward, but Satan just kept 226 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 4: staring at him. It was like this evil gaze was 227 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 4: holding the man captain. At one point in the dream, 228 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 4: my father spoke up and said, very forcefully, I will 229 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 4: walk out of here in the name of Jesus. Satan 230 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 4: looked at him, tried to hold him with his gaze, 231 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 4: but it had no effect. My father opened the door 232 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 4: and walked out. He woke up, didn't know what the 233 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 4: dream meant, didn't think much more about it. But several 234 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 4: months later he went through one of the most difficult 235 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 4: times of his life. Been doing great pastoring his church, 236 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 4: happily married, but he suddenly felt overwhelmed by life. He 237 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 4: lost his passion, couldn't sleep at night. He sunk into 238 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 4: a deep depression. He told how when he woke up 239 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 4: he couldn't wait till night came. At night, he couldn't 240 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 4: wait till the morning. He began to feel guilty about 241 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 4: past mistakes, this deep sense of shame and condemnation, so 242 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 4: much so that he closed his offices, thought he was 243 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 4: having a nervous breakdown. Came out of the blue. There 244 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 4: was no warning. He was faithfully pastoring, faithfully serving his church. 245 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 4: Then the bottom fell out. Being a believer doesn't mean 246 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 4: we won't ever be attacked. The Prince of this world 247 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 4: will come. But what I want you to see is 248 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 4: he doesn't determine your future. He doesn't have the final say. 249 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 4: Thoughts told my father that he would never minister again, 250 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 4: that he had a terminal illness, something incurable, and it 251 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 4: would get worse and worse. Fear gripped his heart. One 252 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 4: day while he was praying, said God, where are you? 253 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 4: Why want you to do something? And suddenly he remembered 254 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 4: his dream. The scripture says, before you call, God will 255 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 4: answer you. Before he ever came under the attack, God 256 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 4: gave him this dream. It was as if God said, son, 257 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 4: tell me what happened in the dream. My father recalled 258 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 4: how that one man couldn't get out. God said to 259 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 4: my father, what did you do in the dream? My 260 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 4: father said, I walked out in the name of Jesus. 261 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 4: God says, son, you're in that room right now. The 262 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 4: enemy is fear, the enemy is torment. The enemy is lies, 263 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 4: and the only way to get out is to walk 264 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 4: out in my name. Remind him of my victory. Sometimes 265 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 4: we're praying, God, what are you going to do something? 266 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 4: Don't you see that I'm under attack? God says, I've 267 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 4: already done it. I've already defeated every enemy that will 268 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 4: try to stop you. Now you have to get on 269 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 4: the attack. You have to rise up and walk out 270 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 4: of it. My father dried his tears, got his passion back. 271 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 4: In the face of fear, he started speaking faith, I 272 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 4: will fear no evil. I am strong in the Lord. 273 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 4: No weapon formed against me will prosper. Little by little 274 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 4: he got his passion back, got his vision back, got 275 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 4: his power back. After several months of staying in the 276 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 4: house being overwhelmed, he took a step of faith and 277 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 4: accepted a speaking engagement was in another city where he 278 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 4: had to fly. Well, he had flown all over the world, 279 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 4: it was no big deal, but suddenly he had a 280 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 4: fear of flying. Thoughts told him, you better not get 281 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 4: on that plane. If you do, it'll be the last 282 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 4: time you ever see your family. The only tools the 283 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 4: enemy has is deception and lies. It's no different today 284 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 4: than back in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. 285 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 4: If you eat this fruit, you wan't die. He'll become 286 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 4: like God. Come on, you can eat it. He's called 287 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 4: the father of lies. There's no truth in him. To 288 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 4: reach your potential, you have to become skilled at dismissing 289 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 4: his lies. He'll try to talk you out of your destiny. 290 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 4: It's got a big roar. You can't get well. You 291 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 4: never get past the depression. This problem's to big. Don't 292 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 4: get on that plane. Ignore the roar. He's all bark 293 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 4: and no bite. The only power he has is the 294 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 4: power you give him by believing his lies. My father 295 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 4: finally got his faith up. He was going to take 296 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 4: that flight, the first time going out and speaking in months. 297 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 4: It was a big moment. Then a friend called and said, John, 298 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 4: I just have a strange feeling that you're not supposed 299 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 4: to fly. I just since something bad may happen. Now. 300 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,439 Speaker 4: I know people can give us advice and counsel, but 301 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 4: sometimes the enemy will use people to try to keep 302 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,439 Speaker 4: you from moving forward. He'll do everything he can to 303 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 4: try to keep you stuck in fear, thinking you can't 304 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 4: get well, you can't get out of debt, you can't 305 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 4: accomplish that dream. My father was at a critical point. 306 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 4: Was he going to act on fear or was he 307 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 4: going to act on faith? Was he going to stay 308 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 4: in that room believing he was held captive, or was 309 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 4: he going to walk out knowing that the enemy was defeated. 310 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 4: He took a step of faith, got his courage up, 311 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 4: and he went to the airport. Normally the flight was 312 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 4: a large jet with several hundred people, but this particular 313 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 4: day it was a twin engine prop plane that held 314 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 4: about thirty people. When my father saw that, the enemy said, man, 315 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 4: you better go back. This is a sure sign you're 316 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 4: not supposed to go. He ignored it and got on 317 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 4: the plane. When the pilot took off, my father told 318 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 4: how he lifted up his seat to try to help out. 319 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 4: When the pilot turned left, Daddy lean left. He made 320 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 4: it there safely and flew for many years after that. 321 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 4: But had my father not walked out of that room, 322 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 4: had he let that dead snake paralyze him, he would 323 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 4: have missed his destiny. And Jesus said, the prince of 324 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 4: this world comes. He has no power over me the 325 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 4: next verse, but I will do what the Father requires. 326 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 4: That last part is the key. We're all going to 327 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 4: face attacks, trouble, opposition. The prince of this world will come. 328 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 4: He has no power over us, but we have to 329 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 4: do what the Father requires. We can't sit back. Why 330 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 4: did this happen? This is not fair. What the Father 331 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 4: requires is to move forward in faith. Don't let fear 332 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 4: hold you back. Don't believe the lies that it's permanent. 333 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 4: Don't water down your dreams. The snake is dead. You 334 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 4: can walk out of that room. Now, get your passion 335 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 4: back and go after what God put in your heart. 336 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 4: This is what Joseph did. His fiancee, Mary became pregnant 337 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 4: without knowing a man. She gave birth to Jesus in Bethlehem. 338 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 4: When King Herod heard about Jesus, the scripture says he 339 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 4: was deeply disturbed. He didn't like the thought of someone 340 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 4: having more power, in more influence than him, and an 341 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 4: angel appeared to Joseph and told him to flee to 342 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 4: Egypt because Herod was going to try to kill Jesus. 343 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 4: Joseph left in the middle of the night. Herod was 344 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 4: so upset he sent soldiers out to kill all the 345 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 4: male babies two years of age and under for two 346 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:24,360 Speaker 4: years Herod reaped havoc, causing so much pain and sorrow. 347 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 4: One night, an angel appeared to Joseph again. He said, 348 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 4: get up and take the child and his mother back 349 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 4: to Israel. For those who are trying to kill the 350 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 4: child are dead. Joseph's whole world had been turned upside down. 351 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 4: Imagine someone trying to take your child's life. How on 352 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 4: id you would be always looking over your shoulder, wondering 353 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 4: what might happen. Then the news came to Joseph, Herod 354 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 4: is dead. What's been trying to stop you is defeated. 355 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 4: I'm sure Joseph was thrilled. Now they could relax and 356 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 4: enjoy their life. But the next verse is the test. 357 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 4: The angel said, go back to Israel, take your son 358 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 4: to his home. Joseph could have thought, God, I'm grateful 359 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 4: that Hered is dead, but I don't want to take 360 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 4: any chances. Let me stay here in Egypt. Let me 361 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 4: stay here where I know it's safe. But to reach 362 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 4: your destiny, you have to do what the Father requires. 363 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 4: Here it is dead. The enemy has been defeated. Now, Joseph, 364 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 4: you have to go and take your child to Israel. Notice, 365 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 4: go and take don't stay in the room. Don't stay 366 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 4: where it's safe. Don't let the set back keep you 367 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,880 Speaker 4: from pursuing your dream. Go and take what belongs to you. 368 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 4: It's interesting that the pandemic has lasted a couple of years. 369 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 4: Many of us have had to put dreams on hold. 370 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,880 Speaker 4: Our plans were interrupted, people have gone through laws. It's 371 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 4: easy to settle where we are. Just be grateful that 372 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 4: we made it through, Thankful that the virus hopefully is 373 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 4: herod may be dead, so to speak. But God is 374 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,159 Speaker 4: saying you have to go and take. If you're going 375 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 4: to reach your potential, you have to stir up your gifts. 376 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 4: Pray some bold prayers, take steps of faith. What's trying 377 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:18,159 Speaker 4: to stop you is defeated. The people who were holding 378 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 4: you back. They've lost their influence. The sickness, the addiction, 379 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 4: the trouble at work. Those powers have been broken. Now 380 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 4: do what the Father requires. Move forward, Believe for your healing. 381 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 4: Speak victory over your children. It's time to take possession 382 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 4: of what God promised you. See, if Joseph would have 383 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 4: played it safe, Jesus would have never made it back 384 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 4: to Nazareth like it was prophesied. If my father would 385 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 4: have stayed in that room. Not gotten on that plane, 386 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,919 Speaker 4: I wouldn't be up here today. The enemy has no 387 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 4: power over you. Now do what the Father requires. Don't 388 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 4: let a dead snake cause you to settle for less 389 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 4: than what God God put in your heart. As a 390 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 4: young man, Moses knew that God called him to deliver 391 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:10,119 Speaker 4: the Israelites out of slavery. He was a Hebrew, but 392 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 4: he was raised by Egyptians. Fro's daughter saw him floating 393 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 4: down the Nile River. She took him in as her 394 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 4: own son. One day, Moses saw an Egyptian foreman mistreating 395 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 4: a Hebrew slave. Something rose up in him and he 396 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 4: killed the Egyptian man. He didn't think anyone saw him. 397 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 4: He hid the man in the sand, but the next 398 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 4: day two people confronted him about it. Moses had to 399 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 4: flee for his life. Spent forty years on the backside 400 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 4: of the desert. I'm sure he thought he'd missed his destiny. 401 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 4: He'd made too many mistakes. The middle of the night, 402 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 4: thoughts would come, Man, you blew it. Who had your chance? 403 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 4: Now you're stuck out here in the desert. Forty years later, 404 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 4: God came to him and said, Moses, I didn't forget 405 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 4: about you go, tell the Pharaoh to let my people go. Oh. 406 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 4: I can imagine Moses saying, God, those people want to 407 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 4: kill me. I'm a wanted man. God said in Exodus, 408 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,920 Speaker 4: for don't be afraid to return to Egypt. For all 409 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 4: those that are trying to kill you are dead. God 410 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 4: was saying, Moses, I've already taken care of what was 411 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 4: trying to stop you. I've already dealt with your enemies. 412 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 4: I wouldn't ask you to go if you were going 413 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 4: to be defeated. We can all look back, like Moses, 414 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 4: see mistakes. We made things, we should have done better. 415 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 4: It was our fault. We think we just have to 416 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 4: live with it. But God is saying, I've already taken 417 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 4: care of your mistakes. I've already dealt with your past. 418 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 4: I've already defeated what should have stopped you. I've already 419 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 4: moved the wrong people out of the way. Your mistakes 420 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 4: did not stop your purpose. Don't sit on the sidelines 421 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 4: of life thinking you can't fulfill your destiny. Look what 422 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 4: I've done, man, I didn't make good choices, child better, 423 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 4: should have finished school, should have been more disciplined. Can 424 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 4: I encourage you all those that were after you are dead. 425 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 4: This is a new day. God has forgiven your sins. 426 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 4: He has mercy for your mistakes. Nothing you've done has 427 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 4: to keep you from your purpose. Now you have to 428 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 4: do what God requires. The enemy is defeated. But your 429 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 4: part is to go and take go after your dreams, 430 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 4: take possession of what God promised you. Moses went back 431 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 4: to the Pharaoh, their very placed. He thought he would 432 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,880 Speaker 4: never see again. They didn't arrest him, he wasn't harmed. 433 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 4: Despite his mistakes, he ended up delivering the Israelites. See, 434 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 4: Joseph was afraid of his future. What will Herod do? 435 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 4: Moses was afraid of his past. I've made mistakes both times. 436 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 4: God said, there's nothing to fear. I've defeated your enemies. 437 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,439 Speaker 4: I've taken care of what you're afraid of. When my 438 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 4: father was six years old, there was this old house 439 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 4: in the neighborhood that was abandoned, all run down, boarded up. 440 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 4: As little kids, it looked very spooky to them. They 441 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 4: called it the haunted house. They didn't walk by it 442 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 4: unless they had to. When they did, they went as 443 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,479 Speaker 4: fast as they possibly could. They were all afraid of 444 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 4: that house. Well, my father had a brother, named Jack. 445 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 4: He was several years older than him, and Jack would 446 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 4: fight a tiger. He was brave, courageous, he knew no fear. 447 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 4: One night about dusk, my father and some of the 448 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 4: friends were standing off in the distance looking at the 449 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 4: haunted house. Jack said, you know what, I'm going to 450 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 4: go in the house. He might as well have said 451 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 4: I'm going to end my life. They thought he had 452 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 4: lost his mind. Nobody ever got close to that house. 453 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 4: My father was so concerned, so worried. He tried to 454 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 4: talk him out of it. Jack, there's no way you 455 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 4: can go in there. It's too dangerous. Jack wouldn't hear 456 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 4: of it. His mind was made up. They all stood 457 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 4: over to the side. Jack opened the front door, and 458 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,919 Speaker 4: just like a movie, it creaked so loudly, so eerie, 459 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 4: since chill bumps upping down their spine. He went in. 460 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 4: They waited one minute nothing, two minute nothing, five minutes nothing, 461 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:24,400 Speaker 4: still no sign of Jack. Seemed like five hours. They 462 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 4: were sure something was wrong, something must have gotten him. 463 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 4: About that time, they saw the shutters on the upstairs 464 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 4: window begin to slowly open. Jack stuck out his head said, 465 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 4: with a big smile, it's okay. Fellas there's nothing in 466 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:44,360 Speaker 4: here to harm us. On a Friday two thousand years ago, 467 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 4: Jesus was crucified. They put him in the tomb. Looked 468 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 4: like it was over All of Hell was celebrating, the 469 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 4: demons rejoicing. But on that third day, on Resurrection Sunday, Jesus, 470 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,400 Speaker 4: our elder brother, opened the window and said to all 471 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:06,119 Speaker 4: of us, there's nothing to fear. I have the keys 472 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 4: to death in Hell. I've defeated the enemy. I've cleared 473 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 4: the path. I've gone ahead of you and taken care 474 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,439 Speaker 4: of anything that could harm you. We don't have to 475 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 4: live in fear, fear the past, fear the future, worried 476 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 4: about what we're up against. Now. The prince of this 477 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 4: world may come, but we know a secret. He has 478 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 4: no power over us. He's been dethroned, defang brought to zero. 479 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 4: Now my challenge is, don't let a dead snake keep 480 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 4: you from becoming who you were created to be. It 481 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 4: may look intimidating, but God has already defeated it. Go 482 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 4: and take what belongs to you. If you'll do this, 483 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 4: I believe and declare you're about to step in to 484 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 4: new levels of freedom, influence, courage, chains that have held 485 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 4: you back, are being broken right now? Healing, restoration, the 486 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 4: fullness of your destiny to me in Jesus' name, and 487 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 4: if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like 488 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 4: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 489 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 490 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 4: Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 491 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 4: I make you my Lord and savior. If you've prayed 492 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 4: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd 493 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 4: love to send you some free information on your new 494 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 4: walk with the Lord. You can text the number or 495 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 4: go to the website. 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