1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: God bless you. Great to be with you today, and 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week 7 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: you can come visit us in person. We'd love to 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: have you be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard 11 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: about these three men that were traveling together, a Hindu priest, 12 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: a Jewish rabbi, and a televangelist. They stopped at a 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: farmhouse for lodging. The farmer said, I only have room 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: for two of you in the house. Somebody will have 15 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: to stay in the barn. The Hindu priest said, I'll 16 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: do it. A few ministers are knock on the door. 17 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: He said, I can't stay out there. There's a cow 18 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: and cows are sacred in our religion. The Jewish rabbi 19 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: said it. A few minutes later, there's a knock on 20 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: the door. He said, I can't stay out there. There's 21 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 1: a pig and that wouldn't be kosher. The televangelist finally said, 22 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: all right, I'll do it. In a few minutes. There 23 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: was a knock on the door. It was the cow 24 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: and the pig. This is my Bible. I am what 25 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 26 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today 27 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 28 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 29 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you, 30 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: and I want to talk to you today about from 31 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: limping to leaping. All of us can find some reason 32 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: to limp. We weren't raised in a good environment, or 33 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: relationship didn't work out. The boss doesn't give us credit. 34 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: Now we're at a disadvantage. Sometimes a limp is passed down. 35 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: All we saw model growing up was anger, addictions, people 36 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: not faithful. That feels normal to us. We don't realize 37 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: we're limping too often. We let the limp be an 38 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: excuse to settle where we are and water down our 39 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 1: dreams and not believe for greater things. If I could 40 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: have finished school, then I could be successful. Or if 41 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: I hadn't made these mistakes and wasted years compromising, then 42 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: I could be happy. We're all going to have times 43 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,839 Speaker 1: where we have a limp. But here's the key. That 44 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: limp was never supposed to be permanent. God didn't create 45 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: you to live insecure, lonely, not having enough. Sure, those 46 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: things may come, but he knows how to heal and 47 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: restore and turn things around. But as long as you're 48 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: using the limp as an excuse, you'll get stuck. You 49 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 1: may be limping now things have happened that you don't understand. 50 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: That limp is not how your story ends. Appointment, the betrayal, 51 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: the unhealthy childhood. God knows how to take what was 52 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: meant for harm and turn it to your advantage. Now 53 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: you have to get in agreement with him. You can't 54 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: go around accommodating the limp, making excuses to settle, Joel. 55 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: I've been injured. I've been hurt. That's why I'm angry. 56 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 1: That's why I compromise. That's why I can't be successful. 57 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: Can I tell you everyone has been injured, everyone has 58 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: had bad breaks. But the people who go on to 59 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: do great things and fulfill their destinies are the people 60 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: that don't let the limp become an excuse to settle. 61 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: The people that know the limp is only temporary, that 62 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: God wouldn't have allowed it if he didn't have a purpose. 63 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: It's the people that expect things to turn in their favor. 64 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: The right attitude is I may be limping now, I'm 65 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: not denying that. I'm disappointed, lonely. I've had a set back, 66 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: but I know God is still on the throne. I 67 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't be alive unless he had something better coming. When 68 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: I was in the ninth grade, I was on the 69 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: basketball team and one day during practice, the coach had 70 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: us go to the track and run a mile. He 71 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: walked into the field house and I always liked to 72 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,119 Speaker 1: have fun and make people laugh, and we were running 73 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: in a big group together. But when I saw the 74 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: coach was gone, I cut across the fifty yard line 75 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: to the other side of the track, so it looked 76 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: like I was way ahead. Now I was running full 77 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 1: speed almost across, but there was this metal drain cover 78 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: about two feet by two feet, a big grate that 79 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: the water went through. I didn't want to step on that, 80 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: so I stepped right before it. What I couldn't see 81 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: is there was a big hole about a foot deep 82 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: where the water had drained in from the side. It 83 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: was covered with grass, and I stepped in that hole. 84 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: My knee hit the metal drain cover and I broke 85 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: my kneecare. It didn't really hurt that bad. I turned 86 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: to somersault, I got up, I kept running. Then I 87 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: looked down at my knee and nearly passed out, but 88 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: went to the hospital had surgery. Everything came out fine. 89 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: But for three months I was on crutches, couldn't bend 90 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: my leg, and every day after school I would go 91 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:23,239 Speaker 1: to basketball practice and sit on the sidelines and watch 92 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: the team. I learned the plays, I studied the offense. 93 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: In my mind, I was out there with them like 94 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: Lebron James, jumping, shooting, defending. I was injured, but I 95 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: knew it was only temporary. I knew in three months 96 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: I was going to be back on the court in 97 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: the game better than ever. Didn't sit around at home depressed. Man, 98 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: I want to play, but I got this injury or 99 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: down on myself. If I wouldn't have made that mistake, 100 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: if I just stayed on the track like the rest 101 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: of the guys, I wouldn't have this problem. Sometimes we 102 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: bring the limp on ourselves. We make choices that cause 103 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: pain and disappointment. The good news is God doesn't hold 104 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: that against you. He has mercy for every mistake. When 105 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: you're limping, you can't sit around defeated, listening to the 106 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: accusing voices, making excuses. That's going to cause you to 107 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:27,919 Speaker 1: get stuck. You need to see yourself back on the court, successful, happy, productive, 108 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: doing great things. Too many times we normalize the limp. 109 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: All my families depressed. That's why I'm depressed. I can't 110 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 1: get my degree. I'm not that smart. This person walked 111 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: out on me, broke my heart. I'll never be happy again. 112 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: You don't realize that's a limp. You're learning to live 113 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: with it. Letting it be an excuse to not rise higher. 114 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,799 Speaker 1: You have to know, like I did with my knee, 115 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: You're gonna run again. You're injured now, but healing is coming. 116 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: That person walked out on you, but God has someone 117 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: better on the way. You're going to love again, Or 118 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: you had a set back in your career, a door closed, 119 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: God's about to open a better door. Don't let that 120 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: limp cause you to settle where you are and give 121 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: up on dreams to where you start accepting mediocrity, dysfunctions, 122 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: learning to live with the anger, low self esteem. That's 123 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: not who you are. That's a limp. It's a temporary season. 124 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: God created you to be free, healthy, confident, victorious. I 125 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: was on crutches, but it was only for three months. 126 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: Those crutches were there for a season to help me 127 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: get over the injury. But sometimes we get comfortable with 128 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: the crutches. We were raised with a limp, and instead 129 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: of realizing it's only temporary, we think, man, I always 130 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: had this temper. I always have to deal with this anxiety. 131 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: I can't accomplish my I don't have the connections. God 132 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: is saying, those crutches are about to come off. What 133 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: you've been using as an excuse is not going to 134 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: limit you any more. Chains are being broken, strongholds are 135 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: coming down. You're about to step up to who you 136 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: were created to be. Now, quit believing those lies that 137 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: you're stuck, you don't have the talent, you're the wrong nationality, 138 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: you've made too many mistakes. This is a new day. 139 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: God is about to turn that limping into leaping He's 140 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 1: going to cause you to bloom, to blossom, greater confidence, 141 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: greater resources, greater influence. Acts Chapter three, there was a 142 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: man who had been crippled since birth. Every day his 143 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: family would carry him to the temple so he could 144 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: beg for money. They would put him at the gate 145 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: called beautiful. This man had been doing this for years, 146 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: every morning, same thing, getting out of bed, people helping 147 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: him get dress, packing the lunch, than setting him at 148 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: the same spot. When you've been in a limited situation 149 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: for a long time, it can become normal. I'm sure 150 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: the men didn't like to beg He didn't like to 151 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: be looked down on, be at the mercy of others. 152 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: But he had accepted this was his lot in life. 153 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 1: It wasn't his fault. He was born crippled. If you've 154 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: always been laying, you don't expect to walk. If you've 155 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: never felt good about yourself and always felt insecure, unattractive, 156 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 1: not worthy, even though it's not true, that becomes normal. 157 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: If all you've seen is poverty, anger, addictions, you don't 158 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: expect to have abundance, peace and freedom. Or when people 159 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: have always carried you like this man and made accommodations 160 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: for those weaknesses. It can become who you are to 161 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: where you accept it. Hey, Joel, it's not my fault. 162 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: I was born with this disadvantage. I can't be successful. 163 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,079 Speaker 1: I have a limp. Yeah, I don't feel worthy. Is 164 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,439 Speaker 1: because of how I was raised. Nobody made me feel valuable. 165 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: You may have a valid explanation as to why you 166 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: are that way, but don't let it be an excuse 167 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: to stay that way. God came to take off of 168 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: you what the enemy put on you. There may be 169 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: negative traits that you inherited, things that were passed down. 170 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: It's made it more difficult, but God raised you up 171 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: to break the negative cycle. You're the one to set 172 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: a new standard. You wouldn't be hearing this if God 173 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: wasn't about to do a new thing. Limping is not 174 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: your destiny. Addictions, low self esteem, never able to get ahead. 175 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: That's not who you are. But as long as you're 176 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: accepting it, you giving it the right to stay. Victory 177 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: starts in our thinking. Thoughts will whisper. You'll always have 178 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: this crutch, always struggle and always be lonely, always have 179 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 1: bad breaks. Don't believe those lies. The length is only temporary. 180 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: It's significant that this man was placed at a gate 181 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: called beautiful. The fact is there was nothing beautiful about 182 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: his life. Crippled, poor, having to bed, I'm sure he 183 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: was discouraged, felt not valuable, nothing good in his future. 184 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: He could have been placed at other gates, the Southwest gate, 185 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: the freeway gate, but every day he was taken to 186 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:39,359 Speaker 1: this gate called beautiful. He didn't realize God was prophesying 187 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 1: his future. Everything looked ugly in his life, but God 188 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: was saying, something beautiful is coming. I have beauty for 189 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: the ashes, joy for the morning, healing for the sickness, 190 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,839 Speaker 1: new beginnings for the loss. You may be in an 191 00:11:55,920 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: ugly situation, dealing with an illness, childish of course, fighting 192 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: an addiction. Like this man, You're getting up each day, 193 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,559 Speaker 1: making the most of a difficult situation, going to work, 194 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: being good to people, keeping that song of praise. But 195 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: nothing's changing. It's the same thing month after month. What 196 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: you can't see is you at a gate called beautiful. 197 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: God has positioned you in his divine destiny. He's prophesying 198 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: over you. Things are not only about to change, but 199 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: it's gonna be better than you've imagined. You're gonna come 200 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: into a beautiful place, abundance, healing, joy, laughter, not just 201 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,119 Speaker 1: coming out, not just making it through, but God exceeding 202 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 1: your expectations. Now, don't let the ugliness of what you're 203 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 1: going through fool you. God is still on the throne, 204 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,199 Speaker 1: he said. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy 205 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: is coming in the morning. Another way to say it 206 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: is limping may endure for a season, but leaping is 207 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: on the way. It may be ugly now, but you're 208 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 1: at the gate beautiful. Ecclesiastes says, God will make all 209 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: things beautiful in his time. One day, Peter and John 210 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: going to the temple three o'clock in the afternoon for 211 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: the daily prayer service. As they were about to enter, 212 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: they saw this man. Verse five says the lame man 213 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: looked at them eagerly, expecting a gift. He'd been passed 214 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: by hundreds of people that day going into the temple. 215 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: Everyone said no, ignored him. But God ordained Peter and 216 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:43,199 Speaker 1: John to notice this man. There are seasons where you're 217 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: being overlooked and nothing is changing. But God has already 218 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:51,680 Speaker 1: lined up the right people to notice you. Don't worry 219 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: about those who pass you by. Don't give you the 220 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: time of day. God has divine connections in Rouph. Your 221 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 1: time to be noticed is coming. Peter said to the man, 222 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 1: I don't have any silver or gold, but I have 223 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: something better in the name of Jesus. Rise and walk. Sure, 224 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: the men thought I'd love to, but I'm crippled. I've 225 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: been lame since birth. I'll always have these crutches. Peter 226 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: saw he wasn't moving, so he grabbed him by the 227 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: hand and pulled the man up. When he did, strength 228 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: went into his legs, and instantly he was healed. The 229 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: scripture says he went walking and leaping and praising God. 230 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: God knows how to take you from limping to leaping. 231 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: He's a supernatural god. One touch of his favor, what 232 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: looks impossible becomes possible. One slingshot and a giant comes down. 233 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: One phone call and the compact center opened up. One 234 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: good break and you're thrust into your destiny. Now, some 235 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: of these limitations that have been with us since birth, 236 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: low self esteem, anger, depression, we've learned to live with it, 237 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: accepted it as who we are, like God did for 238 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: this man. He's about to turn around what looks terminent. 239 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: He's about to reverse a curse, free from things that 240 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: you thought you'd always struggle with. No more limping, no 241 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 1: more can't get ahead. You stepped into abundance. No more 242 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: feeling unworthy. You put your shoulders back. You know you're 243 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: a masterpiece, made in the image of God. No more 244 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: lonely everyone else getting married, a divine connection, somebody better 245 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: than you imagine. No more being looked over, not getting 246 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: the credit. God's going to take you from the background 247 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: to the foreground, from being left out to being in charge. 248 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: This man went walking and leaping. If he had just 249 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: been able to walk, that would have been a great miracle, 250 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: lame since his birth. We would all be shouting about that. 251 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: But notice how God does it, not just walking, but leaping, running, jumping. 252 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: God knows how to exceed your expectations. You'd be happy 253 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 1: to just see your child back on course, but God's 254 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 1: going to cause him to become a leader, a person 255 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: of honor, esteem, doing great things. You'd be happy if 256 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: you can just pay your bills, get through a slow season. 257 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: But God has abundance coming overflow where you lend and 258 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: not borrow. Blessed in such a way you can be 259 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: a blessing to others. Or maybe you've struggled with an addiction, 260 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: and you've tried to get free, but no success. Now 261 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: you're just functioning in the dysfunction. That's not how your 262 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: story ends. Freedom is coming, Wholeness is coming, where it's 263 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: not a struggle anymore. You're going to be unquestionably free 264 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 1: so you can help others get free. Not limping to 265 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: just walking, God way is limping to leaping. Every thought 266 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 1: would tell you this is not for you. You've always 267 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: had this limitation, this disadvantage. The enemy doesn't want you 268 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 1: to hear this today. He wants us to have a defeated, limited, 269 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: poor old me mentality. Tune all that out. God is 270 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: working in your life right now. He's about to do 271 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: for you what he did for this man. Receive this 272 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: into your spirit. Take you from struggle to abundance, from 273 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: brokenness to wholeness, from sickness to health, from insecurity to confidence, 274 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: from mediocrity to success, from loneliness to great relationships, from 275 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 1: no good breaks to blessings chasing you down. When this 276 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: man saw Peter and John, there was an expectancy. Something 277 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: on the inside said this is a new day. This 278 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: is a destiny moment. Expectancy is your faith being released. 279 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: When I went to the gym on crutches when my 280 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 1: knee was injured, I was expecting to be back on 281 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:13,880 Speaker 1: the court. Sometimes we have a disappointment, or we've been 282 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: born into limitations and there's no expectancy for things to improve. 283 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: We're satisfied with less than what we were created for. Well, Joel, 284 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: if my parents hadn't told me I was never going 285 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: to amount to anything, then maybe i'd have a good 286 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: self image. My business partner hadn't cheated me and ruin 287 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 1: my credit, then I'd believe for more. That's your explanation 288 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 1: as to why you are that way. What I'm saying is, 289 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: don't use it as an excuse to stay that way. 290 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: God is still on the throne. He's fighting your battles. 291 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,679 Speaker 1: He has amazing things in your future. When you have 292 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 1: this attitude of expectancy, angels go to work, forces of 293 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: darkness are broken, miracles are set into The scripture says 294 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 1: this man went walking and leaping, and he entered the 295 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: temple with Peter and John. Think about all the years 296 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 1: he sat at the gate. The gate is the entry 297 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: to something better. He saw people going in year after year, 298 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: but he was stuck outside wishing he could be on 299 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: the inside. How many of us see other people who 300 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: were successful and accomplish their dreams. We're happy for them, 301 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 1: but we wonder why that can't be us. We see 302 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: couples laughing and enjoying each other, we wonder when we're 303 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: going to meet someone. Others are healthy, playing ball, going 304 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: on vacations, but we're dealing with this sickness, this depression. 305 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: We're at the gate. We know there are great things inside, 306 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: but we're stuck outside. One thing I admire about this 307 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: man is he went to the gate every day. He 308 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: was faithful, took a lot of effort to get d 309 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: be carried by others, sit out there all day. He 310 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: wasn't lazy, he wasn't complacent. He wanted more for his life. 311 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,400 Speaker 1: He took the hand he had been dealt and made 312 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:15,199 Speaker 1: the most of him. Like him, many of you have 313 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,719 Speaker 1: done your best with what you have. You've watched others 314 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 1: go in the beautiful gate while you're dealing with ugly 315 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: things in your life. A child that broke your hearter, 316 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: lonely marriage, feelings of unworthiness. Some of these things you 317 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: didn't have anything to do with. You was passed down, 318 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: Yet you kept doing the right thing. Let me tell 319 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: you your time is coming, not just limping to leaping. 320 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: But you're gonna go in the gates. Not just see 321 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:49,360 Speaker 1: the beautiful, You're gonna live in the beautiful. Favor, healing, joy, 322 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: great relationships. The limp is not your destiny sitting outside 323 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 1: the gates looking in, dreaming that one day that could 324 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:02,679 Speaker 1: happen for you. On one day is coming. God sees 325 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: you at the gate, he sees what you struggle with. 326 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 1: He knows who cost the limp, what you didn't get, 327 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 1: who wasn't there for you. He's keeping all the records. 328 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 1: He has you at the gate, called beautiful for a reason. 329 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: He's prophesying what's coming. I know sometimes we're limping because 330 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: we've made mistakes and thoughts. Will tell you Joel's not 331 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 1: talking about you today. You brought this trouble on yourself. 332 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 1: You chose to compromise. You weren't faithful. God knew every 333 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 1: mistake you had ever made, every failure. He's full of mercy. 334 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 1: He's not holding your mistakes against you. He's not going 335 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: to keep you limping because you knew better. Healing is coming, 336 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: Restoration is coming. Well, Joel, you don't know my situation. 337 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 1: I've been this way a long time. Think about how 338 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: long this man had been at that same spot. Some 339 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: commentary said he had there for forty years. Everything said 340 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 1: to him, this is the way it's always gonna be. 341 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: Don't get your hopes up. One reason this story is 342 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: in the scripture is so that we would know that 343 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: no matter how long you've been limping, and no matter 344 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 1: how impossible it looks, it's not too late for God 345 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: to turn it around. Limping is not your destiny. Leaping 346 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: is your destiny. Watching people go in the beautiful gate 347 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: accomplish their dreams and never going in yourself is not 348 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: what God has purposed for you. There are amazing things 349 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: in your future. The limp didn't stop it. How you 350 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 1: were raised didn't stop it. Mistakes you've made didn't stop it. 351 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: You may have some crutches now you're dealing with an injury. 352 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 1: The good news is God knows how to heal broken hearts, 353 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: how to turn mourning into dancing, how to take the 354 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,880 Speaker 1: loss and give you a new beginning. Now, just bring 355 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: you back to normal where you're okay. But turned the 356 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: limping into leaping. More than you can imagine. There was 357 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: a young boy born in a very rough environment to 358 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: a teenage mother, and she had a lot of addictions, 359 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: been through abuse dysfunction. Five years old, the mother took 360 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: him and his baby's sister into town. She said she 361 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,919 Speaker 1: needed to run to the restroom and never came back. 362 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: She abandoned them in the city square. They were taken 363 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: to foster care. The young boy was so traumatized he 364 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: became very angry and insecure, and the age of eleven, 365 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: he ran away from home and started living on the streets. 366 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: And it was bitter toward his mother and even bitter 367 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: toward God. And got involved in games and started stealing, 368 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 1: and his life was spiraling out of control. He had 369 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: a good explanation as to why he was that way, 370 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: abandoned as a child. That's not right, but you can't 371 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: use it as an excuse to stay that way. One day, 372 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 1: there was a minister coming through town and he was 373 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,679 Speaker 1: having an outdoor meeting. This young man was going to 374 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: go to disrupt it just caused trouble. He brought some 375 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 1: fireworks and other gang members. As he stood in the 376 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: back waiting for the right time, he began to feel 377 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: this love that he had never felt before. He was 378 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: captivated by what the minister was saying. These chains of 379 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: bitterness and anger and unworthiness began to break off of him, 380 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: and that night, instead of disrupting the event, he walked 381 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 1: down and gave his life to Christ, a destiny moment 382 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 1: while he went on to become a great minister and 383 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: travel the country, and he shared his story of how 384 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 1: God can turn any situation around. Years later, one night, 385 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: at the end of his service, he invited people to 386 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 1: the front to receive Christ, just as he did as 387 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: a young man. There was an older woman that came 388 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: down and prayed the prayer. He looked over at her 389 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 1: and suddenly realized it was his mother. He hadn't seen 390 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: her in over sixty years since that day she had 391 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 1: abandoned him, But there she was receiving a new beginning. 392 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 1: God knows how to make all things beautiful in its time, 393 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: even things we think are too far out. You don't 394 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,160 Speaker 1: know what God is up to. Are you limping today 395 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 1: like this young man, dealing with things that were passed down? 396 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: No fault of your own or perhaps a disappointment mistakes 397 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,679 Speaker 1: you've made. That's okay. There's no shame in having a 398 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: limp life. Happens to us all. What I'm saying is 399 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: the limp is not permanent. You're not going to need 400 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: those crutches your whole life. Someone may be carrying you now, 401 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 1: but you're coming to a point where you're not going 402 00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: to need to be carried from dependence to independence. God 403 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 1: created you to be free. He sees you like the 404 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: man going to the temple each day, making the most 405 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: of a difficult situation, being your best despite the limp. 406 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: You've watched others go in that gate, celebrated them doing 407 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: great things. Your time is coming. You're not just at 408 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:25,159 Speaker 1: any gate, You're at the gate called beautiful. That's the prophecy. 409 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 1: God has spoken over your life. He's going to take 410 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: that ugly situation and make something beautiful out of it. 411 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: It's interesting how Peter told the crippleman to rise and walk, 412 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: but he couldn't get up by himself, so Peter took 413 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,439 Speaker 1: him by the hand and pulled the man up. You 414 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: may have tried to get up by yourself. You want 415 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: to be free, but if you haven't been able to 416 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:51,360 Speaker 1: do it, God sent me today to help pull you up. 417 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: You're about to feel supernatural strength, supernatural healing, supernatural favor. 418 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 1: You may be limping now, but I believe and declare 419 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: leaping is coming, Restoration is coming, great relationships, freedom, abundance, 420 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, And if 421 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to 422 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 1: give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of 423 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 1: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 424 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 425 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 426 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd love 427 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: to send you some free information on your new walk 428 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: with the Lord. You can text the number on the 429 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 1: screen or go to the website. But I hope you'll 430 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 1: get into a good Bible based church and keep God 431 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 1: first place.