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I like to 45 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 5: start with something funny and I heard about this husband 46 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 5: and wife. They were celebrating their sixtieth birthdays together when 47 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 5: an angel suddenly appeared and said that God was going 48 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 5: to grant them each one special request. 49 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 4: They were so excited. 50 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 5: The wife said, my request is that we'd be able 51 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 5: to travel all over the world. 52 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 4: Poof, when the smoke cleared, she had tickets in her hand. 53 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 5: The husband put his head down in shame, said, my 54 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 5: request is that I'd be married to a woman thirty 55 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 5: years younger than me. And Poof, when the smoke cleared, 56 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 5: he was ninety years old. 57 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 4: And that's what he gets. So here we go. 58 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 59 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 60 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 61 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 62 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 63 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 64 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about how bad do you 65 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 5: want it? The dreams God has placed in your heart, 66 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 5: the promises he's spoken to you are not going to 67 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 5: come to pass without opposition, without delays, without people trying 68 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 5: to talk you out of it. There will be plenty 69 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 5: of opportunities to get discouraged, to lose your passion and 70 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 5: think that it's not meant to be. But if you're 71 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 5: going to reach your destiny, you have to have a 72 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 5: made up mind. If you give up after the first time, 73 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 5: or the fifth time, or the thirtieth time, what that. 74 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 4: Really means is you didn't want it bad enough. There 75 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 4: should be something you're believing for that. You are relentless. 76 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 5: You are not moved by how impossible it looks. You're 77 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 5: not discouraged by how long it's taken. You don't give 78 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 5: up because people told you no. Your attitude is if 79 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 5: I have to believe my whole life, I am not 80 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 5: going to stop believing. I am not going to take 81 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 5: no for an answer. I'm not going to settle for mediocrity. 82 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 5: I'm going to keep pursuing what God put in my heart. 83 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 4: You can't be passive and indifferent. You have to have 84 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 4: a holy determination. It's more than just your will. 85 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 5: It's a fire on the inside, a knowing that it's 86 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 5: supposed to be yours. When everything says it's not going 87 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 5: to happen, instead of getting discouraged, you. 88 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:40,799 Speaker 4: Kick in to a new gear. 89 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 5: Normal people would give up. Normal people would settle, but 90 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 5: you're not normal. You want it on another level. When 91 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 5: David was seventeen years old, the prophet Samuel anointed him 92 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 5: as the next king of Israel. 93 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 4: But David didn't go to the palace. 94 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 5: He went back to the shepherd's fields, where it was lonely. 95 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 5: He was overlooked, mistreated by his family. When he finally 96 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 5: did go to the palace to serve King Saul, Saul 97 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 5: became jealous of David and tried to kill him. David 98 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 5: had done no wrong, yet he had to live on 99 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 5: the run, hiding in caves, spending months out in the desert. 100 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 5: He could have been discouraged, thought God, this isn't fair. 101 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 4: You anointed me to be king. Nothing is working out. 102 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 4: But David didn't have a give up spirit. He didn't 103 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:33,799 Speaker 4: feel sorry for himself. 104 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 5: He didn't let circumstances talk him out of it. 105 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 4: He had a warrior mentality. 106 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 5: His attitude was I am not quitting, I am not 107 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 5: settling for mediocrity. I know there is greatness in me. 108 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 5: I'm going to become who God says I am. One 109 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 5: reason he took the throne is he wanted it bad enough. 110 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 5: How bad do you want what God has put in 111 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 5: your bad enough to outlast the opposition, bad enough to 112 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 5: overlook some insults, bad enough to do the right thing 113 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 5: when the wrong thing is happening. Do you want it 114 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 5: bad enough to keep pursuing even when circumstances saved. 115 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 4: It's not going to happen. 116 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 5: Many of the difficulties we face, the delays, the times 117 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 5: it's not fair. That's simply a test. God is seeing 118 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 5: how bad do you want it? 119 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 4: This is what weeds people out. 120 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 5: If you're overcome by problems, you let circumstances push you down, 121 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 5: people talk. 122 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 4: You out of it. 123 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 5: You're not going to have the strength or the courage 124 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 5: to sustain where God is taking you. 125 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 4: You have to be like David. 126 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 5: Don't have a weak mentality, have a warrior mentality. You 127 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 5: have to be more determined. 128 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 4: Than the opposition. 129 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 5: If you give up every time things don't go your way, 130 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 5: you didn't want it bad. You have to dig your 131 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 5: heels in and say, I am in this for the 132 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 5: long haul. 133 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 4: I know what God has spoken to me. 134 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 5: I will get well, I will accomplish my dream, I 135 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 5: will meet the right person. You're not moved by what's 136 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 5: not working out by how long it's taking or by 137 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 5: who's not for you, you know who is for you, the 138 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 5: most High God. In Mark chapter ten, Jesus was leaving Jericho. 139 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 5: A great crowd was following him. There was a blind 140 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 5: beggar on the side of the road named Barnimaeus. When 141 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 5: he heard all the commotion, he started shouting, Jesus, son 142 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 5: of David, have mercy on me. 143 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 4: The people around him told him to be quiet. You're 144 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 4: creating a scene. 145 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 5: He's going to get upset. They saw Barnimaeus as insignificant. 146 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 4: You're just a beggar. 147 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 5: This man, Jesus, he's not going to be interested in you. 148 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 5: He's the hottest celebrity of rond He's on TMZ every night. 149 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 5: The more they tried to quiet him, the scripture says, 150 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 5: the louder he shouted. About that time, Jesus stopped, turned 151 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 5: and looked at him. Can imagine they thought, we told 152 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 5: you you should. 153 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 4: Have been quiet. He's annoyed. He's going to let you 154 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 4: have it. Jesus smiled and said, tell him to come 155 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 4: to me. They were amazed. 156 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 5: They said, Bartimaeus, he's not upset. He's calling you. 157 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 4: They brought him to Jesus. Jesus said to him, what 158 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 4: is it that you want me to do for you? 159 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 4: Bartimaeus said, I want to see. Jesus told him, go 160 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 4: your way. Your faith has made you hold Instantly he 161 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 4: could see. 162 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 5: Here's my point. There were other blind men on the 163 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 5: road that day. There were other sick people in the crowd. 164 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 5: Yet Bartimaeus was the only one that was healed. 165 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 4: Why he wanted it more than they did. 166 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 5: He wanted it so bad he didn't let people talk 167 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 5: him out of it. When they tried to push him down, 168 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 5: discourage him, he shouted even louder. 169 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 4: If he would have listened to them, he would have 170 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 4: missed his miracle. 171 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 5: Are you letting people talk you out of what God 172 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 5: put in your heart? 173 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 4: You can't get well. You saw the report. You'll never 174 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 4: get out of debt. You've reached your limits. 175 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 5: You can't start that business you want to accomplish your dreams. 176 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 4: You have too much opposition. Do like him? 177 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 5: Let that go in one ear and out the other. 178 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 5: Ignore what they're saying. They don't determine your destiny. 179 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 4: God does. But if Barnabas would. 180 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 5: Have been passive and indifferent, thought, hey, i'm blind, it's 181 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,839 Speaker 5: just a bad break, he wouldn't have received his sight 182 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 5: He had this passion, this fire on the inside that said. 183 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 4: This is your day, this is your time. He rose 184 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 4: up and took that step of faith. 185 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 5: If you're going to see what you're believing for, you 186 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 5: have to be willing to do what other people want 187 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 5: do other people. You may not believe when it looks impossible. 188 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 5: Other people may settle where they are. They may get discouraged. 189 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:10,719 Speaker 5: Tell you don't bother praying, don't bother believing. No use 190 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 5: getting your hopes up. You're wasting your time. You have 191 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 5: to do like Barnabas and say, God, this looks impossible, 192 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 5: but I know you can do the impossible. The odds 193 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 5: are against me, But God, I know you are for me. Well, 194 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 5: I put in three applications, all three companies turn me down. 195 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 5: I don't think I'll ever find a job. I say 196 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 5: this respectfully. 197 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 4: You don't want it bad enough. 198 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 5: Well, I dated two girls. Both of them told me 199 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,199 Speaker 5: I wasn't their time. I don't think I'll ever get married. 200 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,319 Speaker 5: You don't want it bad enough. There are several million 201 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 5: other girls out there. Well, I want to get well, 202 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,719 Speaker 5: but the medical report says I'm not going to make it. 203 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 4: When the odds are. 204 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 5: Against you, you have to want it on a new level. 205 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 5: How bad do you want to get out of debt? 206 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 5: Bad enough to not buy things you can afford, bad 207 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 5: enough to not try to keep up with your friends, 208 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 5: bad enough to honor God by tithing your income. 209 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 4: How bad do you want that promotion? 210 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 5: Bad enough to get to work early, bad enough to 211 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 5: do more than what's required, bad enough to take that 212 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 5: online course to sharpen your skills. 213 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 4: I don't want to take another course. 214 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 5: I don't want more work. I just want the promotion. 215 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:27,839 Speaker 5: You don't want it bad enough. 216 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 4: You have to stand out in the crowd. 217 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 5: The scripture says Daniel distinguished himself. He was so excellent 218 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 5: in his work, so sharp, had such a great attitude 219 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 5: that he stood out among all the other young men. 220 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 5: The king put him in a position of great leadership. 221 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 5: But it doesn't say God distinguished him, God made him excel, 222 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 5: God made him stand out. It says he distinguished himself 223 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 5: he was willing to do what the other young men 224 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 5: wouldn't do. Wasn't so much that he had more talent, 225 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 5: more skilled. 226 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 4: It was the fact that he wanted it more than 227 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 4: they did. 228 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 5: How bad do you want your children to stay on 229 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 5: the right course? 230 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 4: Bad enough to bring them to church each week. 231 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 5: Bad enough to get them up and dressed on your 232 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 5: day off and have them in children's classes. We don't 233 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 5: think twice about having to get our children up for school, 234 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 5: have them dressed, fed, ready, sometimes by seven in the morning. 235 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 5: Their schooling is incredibly important, but I could argue that 236 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 5: their spiritual life. 237 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 4: Is even more important when they grow up. 238 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 5: Learning to honor God as a person of excellence and integrity, 239 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 5: knowing that they are fearfully and wonderfully made, knowing that 240 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 5: they are surrounded by favor. Those seeds planted in them 241 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,959 Speaker 5: will affect them for the rest of their lives. Right 242 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 5: time you bring them, you are showing them by example 243 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 5: to put God first place. How bad do you want 244 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 5: your marriage, your relationships to work out, bad enough to 245 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 5: bite your tongue when you feel like telling them off, 246 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 5: bad enough to clean up a mess that you didn't make. 247 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 5: There are new levels in front of us, but much 248 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 5: of it depends on how bad we want it. God 249 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 5: is not going to do everything for us. We have 250 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 5: to do our part. When Lazarus died, Jesus told his 251 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 5: family roll away the stone and. 252 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 4: All raise Lazarus. Jesus could have moved the stone. He's God. 253 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 5: He wanted to see how bad they wanted it. You 254 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 5: can pray, God, help me to feel better. I don't 255 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 5: have any energy. 256 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 4: God, I'm always so tired. Are you eating right? Are 257 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 4: you exercising? Are you getting enough sleep? Are you living 258 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 4: stressed and worried? 259 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 5: If you'll roll away the stone, then God will do it. 260 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 5: You're asking, but you can't override natural laws and expect 261 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 5: to live a blessed, healthy life. Do you want to 262 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 5: get well bad enough to not drink forty three colas 263 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 5: a day and sleep three hours a night? 264 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 4: Let me move on. You want to get Do you 265 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 4: want to break that addiction? 266 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 5: Bad enough to not hang around those people that are 267 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 5: pulling you down, causing you to compromise, which to all. 268 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 5: I know these friends aren't good for me, but I 269 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 5: like being around them. 270 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 4: You don't want it bad enough. 271 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 5: God is not going to free you until you roll 272 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 5: away the stone. When he sees you doing all you can, 273 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 5: then he'll make things happen that you can't. But if 274 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 5: you're not willing to do the natural, he's not going 275 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 5: to do the supernatural. Your destiny is too important to 276 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 5: spend it with people that are not making you better? 277 00:14:54,920 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 5: Who are you allowing to influence you? Are they challenging you, inspiring. 278 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 4: You, pushing you forward? 279 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 5: You don't have time to waste with people that bring 280 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 5: out the worst in you. 281 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 4: Life is flying by. We don't get a do over. 282 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 4: This is it? Well? 283 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 5: What if I hurt their feelings? What if you miss 284 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 5: your destiny? What if they keep you from becoming who 285 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 5: you were created to be. 286 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 4: They may not want it bad enough. 287 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 5: They may be okay with mediocrity, compromise and barely getting 288 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 5: by in life. That's their choice, but that's not who 289 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 5: you are. You have seeds of greatness. You're destined to 290 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 5: leave your mark. You weren't created to fit in, to 291 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 5: be average, to live with addictions, dysfunction, lacks struggle. You 292 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 5: were created to stand out in the crowd, to be 293 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 5: a cut above. 294 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 4: Now do your part and distinguish yourself. 295 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 5: Be willing to do what others want do. Yes, it 296 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 5: takes discipline. Yes, you have to say no to carnal desires. 297 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 5: But the pain of discipline is less than the pain 298 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 5: of regret. It's hard to bite your tongue not say 299 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 5: what you feel, but that pain is less than the 300 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 5: pain of having someone you love walk away. It's hard 301 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 5: to lay off the junk food, things that are not 302 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 5: good for you. That pain is less than the pain 303 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 5: of not being healthy. It's hard to break away from 304 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 5: a friend that's pulling you down, but that pain is 305 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 5: less than not reaching your dreams. One of the saddest 306 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 5: things is to come to the end of life and 307 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 5: wonder what I could have become. What if I wouldn't 308 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 5: have let those people talk me out of my miracle. 309 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 5: What if I would have broken away from those friends 310 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 5: that were causing me to compromise? 311 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 4: Where would I be? What if I would have treated 312 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 4: my spouse with respect. 313 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 5: What if I would have taken that step of faith 314 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 5: in my career and not played it safe all the time. 315 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 5: You don't have to wonder. You can start right now. 316 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 5: It is not too late to become who God's created 317 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 5: you to be. 318 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 4: The question is do you want it bad enough? Stir 319 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 4: your passion up. Make this decision. 320 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 5: I Am not going to live complacent, accepting mediocrity passive. 321 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 5: I'm going to pursue what God put in my heart. 322 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 5: I'm gonna take steps to grow. I'm going to come 323 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 5: up higher in my relationships. There was a young man 324 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 5: that was raised in a small town in Pennsylvania. Nobody 325 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 5: in his family had ever left that area. They all 326 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 5: stayed and worked there locally. But this young man had 327 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 5: a dream to go to college. 328 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 4: He knew he. 329 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 5: Had more in him, but he came from a limited income. 330 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 4: He didn't have the funds or the connections. 331 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:49,400 Speaker 5: But instead of giving up and accepting that as his destiny, 332 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 5: he went to the local phone company and he got 333 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 5: the phone directory for New York City. That's where he 334 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 5: wanted to go to school. But he had to find 335 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 5: a job. He found a company that had three hundred 336 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 5: and ninety three locations in the New York area. He 337 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 5: decided to write each one of them a letter asking 338 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 5: them for a job. 339 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 4: He didn't have a computer or a. 340 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 5: Typewriter, but for the next month he wrote about fifteen 341 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 5: letters a week, telling the company that he would do 342 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 5: anything from sweep the floors to clean out the warehouses. 343 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 5: Month went by and he didn't hear anything. Three months nothing, 344 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 5: six months still nothing. He's kind of discouraged. When he 345 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 5: turned eighteen, he convinced his parents to let him take 346 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 5: the train to New York City to follow up with 347 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 5: that company. 348 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 4: He arrived in Manhattan. 349 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 5: He went to one of their largest locations in Times Square, 350 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 5: told the person in charge who he was and how 351 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 5: he'd applied for a job and was. 352 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 4: Wondering if they were interested. 353 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 5: The person informed him that all the hiring took place 354 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 5: at their corporate headquarters a few blocks down the that's 355 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 5: where all the applications went. He walked into this big skyscraper, 356 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 5: this huge building. 357 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 4: He told the. 358 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 5: Reception is his name, and asked if he could see 359 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 5: the person in charge of hiring. She called upstairs, and 360 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,719 Speaker 5: much to her surprise, they said yes, send him up. 361 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:19,959 Speaker 4: He stepped off the elevator. 362 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 5: They brought him to this large executive office with big, 363 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 5: beautiful windows looking out. He was so nervous, so out 364 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 5: of his element. He told the executive, my name is 365 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 5: so and so, and I was wondering if you received 366 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:35,640 Speaker 5: the letter I. 367 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 4: Wrote asking for a job. 368 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 5: The executive turned to his side desk, put his hand 369 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 5: on a big stack of papers, said, yes, we received. 370 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 4: Your letter, all three hundred and ninety three of them. 371 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 5: We knew you would be coming. You can start tomorrow. 372 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 5: That young man not only worked his way through college, 373 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 5: but when he graduated, he became a manager for a 374 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 5: whole region of their stores. 375 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 4: How bad do you want it? 376 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,160 Speaker 5: Well, I put in four applications, they all turn me down. 377 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 5: You have three hundred and eighty nine left to go. 378 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 5: The difference between a dream and a wish is a 379 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 5: wish is something you just hope it happens, But a 380 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 5: dream you put actions behind. The Scripture says faith without 381 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 5: works is dead. He could have wished he could get 382 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 5: a job, wish somebody would hire him, wished he could 383 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 5: go to school. Wishing isn't going to get you anywhere. 384 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 5: He was willing to do what others wouldn't do. The 385 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 5: people that succeed don't always have the most talent, the 386 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 5: most education, the most opportunity. Many times they simply want 387 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 5: it more than others. You have to pursue what God 388 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 5: put in you. Being passive and indifferent will keep you 389 00:20:55,800 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 5: from your destiny. Jesus said, those who hunger and thirst 390 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,120 Speaker 5: after righteousness will be filled. 391 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 4: Here's the principle. 392 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 5: If you're not hungry after anything, you're not going to 393 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 5: be filled. Are you hungry to get well, hungry to 394 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 5: accomplish the dream, hungry. 395 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,239 Speaker 4: To meet the right person. You can teach people to 396 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 4: have faith. You can encourage them to believe. 397 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 5: But you can't make people be hungry. This has to 398 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 5: come from the inside. You have to know you are 399 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 5: a person of destiny, that there is something bigger in 400 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 5: front of you. 401 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 4: Do you want it bad enough? Or are you coasting? 402 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 4: Have you let people talk you out of it? 403 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 5: Bad breaks, disappointments, Still your passion cause you to settle. 404 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 4: Well, my business didn't make it. That's why I'm down. 405 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 5: How do you know your next business is not going 406 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 5: to make it? The medical report says I'm not going 407 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 5: to get well. There's another report. It says God is 408 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 5: restoring health back into you. Are you hungry for it? 409 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 5: You may have had some setbacks, but you have to 410 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 5: be relentless when it comes to what. 411 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 4: God put in your heart. If you let people. 412 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 5: Talk you out of it, delays, disappointments, then you didn't 413 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 5: want it bad enough. Sometimes we talk ourselves out of it. 414 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 4: It's too hard. 415 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 5: Can't write that many letters. I don't have a computer. 416 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,439 Speaker 5: It's amazing what we'll do when we want something bad enough. 417 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 5: When I met Victoria, I was madly in love. I 418 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 5: thought this girl is one of a kind. I am 419 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 5: not going to let her get away. 420 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 4: I would do anything she wanted. 421 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 5: I would go to the mall with her, follow her around, 422 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 5: hold her purse while she tried things on. I don't 423 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 5: even like the shop. I didn't mind it one bit. 424 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 5: I was with her one time when we were first dating. 425 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 5: She asked if I wanted to go work out at 426 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 5: five thirty in the morning. I thought, no, I don't 427 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 5: want to go work out. 428 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 4: At five thirty. 429 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,199 Speaker 5: I want to sleep without missing a beat. I smiled 430 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 5: real big and said, I'd love to. 431 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 4: Go work out at five point thirty. 432 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 5: I'll be at your house at five point fifteen. 433 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 4: I was lying, but I was in love here. 434 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 5: I was driving down the road four forty five in 435 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 5: the morning, as happy as can be. 436 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 4: Never complain. One time I was about to see the 437 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 4: girl of my dreams. 438 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 5: When you want something bad enough, you'll do things that 439 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 5: you normally wouldn't do. If you think I wanted her 440 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 5: that bad. 441 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 4: You should have seen how bad she wanted me. I 442 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 4: made myself laugh. 443 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 5: I can't think of any examples, but I know she did. 444 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 4: What am I saying? 445 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 5: Quit telling yourself it's too hard, it's too early. 446 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 4: I've had too many setbacks. You can do what you 447 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 4: want to do. 448 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 5: Don't miss your destiny because you didn't want it bad enough. 449 00:23:55,920 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 4: What God put in you is worth fighting for being 450 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 4: uncomfortable for a season. 451 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 5: It's worth having to stretch to get up early, to 452 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 5: try it again, to do what others aren't willing to do. 453 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 4: My grandmother on my father's side of the family was 454 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 4: a very feisty woman. She was a real character. 455 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 5: She grew up way out in the country, and she 456 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 5: and my grandfather were very poor. They didn't have much education, 457 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 5: but there were really great people. But later in life, 458 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 5: my grandmother took up chewing tobacco. 459 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 4: She liked to dip snuff. 460 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 5: You didn't know I came from such a sophisticated background. 461 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 5: One time someone asked my father if you could chew 462 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 5: tobacca and go to heaven. 463 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 4: He said yes, but you'll have to go to hell 464 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 4: to spit. 465 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 5: My grandfather couldn't stand it. He begged her and begged 466 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 5: her to stop. She said, Jack, I just can't do it. 467 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 5: I've tried everything. 468 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 4: I'm hooked. 469 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 5: This went on year after year, and nothing seemed to help. 470 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 5: My grandfather was desperate. He finally told her, Ellie, May, 471 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 5: I will give you one thousand dollars if you will 472 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 5: stop dipping snuff. Back then in the forties, a thousand 473 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 5: was like twenty five thousand to day. She wanted the 474 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 5: money so badly she tried everything she could. 475 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 4: She still couldn't stop. 476 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 6: Well. 477 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,480 Speaker 5: Eventually my grandfather died. He went to be with the Lord, 478 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 5: but my grandmother didn't like being single. Ellie May wanted 479 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 5: to find herself a man. She met this man that 480 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:34,719 Speaker 5: was twelve years younger than her. She was so excited. 481 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 5: He was handsome, had a great personality. 482 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 4: More than she could imagine. 483 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 5: But she started thinking, if he finds out I dip snuff, 484 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 5: he will never even ask me out on a date, 485 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 5: much less marry me. Do you know how long it 486 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 5: took Ellie May to quit dipping snuff? 487 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,879 Speaker 4: That long? She did it instantly. 488 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 5: She didn't go the snuff dippers anonymous, She didn't have 489 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 5: it there withdraws. 490 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 4: What she couldn't do in years, she. 491 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 5: Did in a split second, all because her want to 492 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 5: got big enough. Like my grandmother, you can do whatever 493 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 5: you want to do. The question is how big is 494 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 5: your want to. You can break that addiction if you 495 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:24,400 Speaker 5: really want to. You can forgive that person that hurts you. 496 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 5: You can make your marriage work. You can write that book. 497 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 5: You can accomplish your dream if you want to bad enough. 498 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 5: Your will is one of the most powerful. 499 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 4: Things you have. 500 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 5: When you make up your mind to do something, God 501 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 5: will breathe on your efforts and give you strength that 502 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 5: goes beyond your natural ability. It's not just willpower, it's 503 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 5: the blessing of God helping you. But it kicks in 504 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 5: when God sees you doing all you can do, taking 505 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 5: steps to come up higher, forgiving the person that did 506 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 5: you wrong, trying again after a disappointment. That's when you'll 507 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 5: see God make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 508 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 5: But I wonder if you've convinced yourself you can't do 509 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 5: something that you really can do. 510 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 4: I don't have the discipline, I don't have the talent. 511 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 5: God is saying you can do it. It's in you, 512 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 5: but you're going to have to dig down deep and 513 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 5: put forth the effort. It may not be easy, but 514 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,679 Speaker 5: your destiny is calling you have greatness in you. 515 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,919 Speaker 4: Don't let people talk you out of it. 516 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 5: Don't let circumstances convince you that you can't. There are 517 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 5: new levels in front of you. There are great relationships, healing, promotion, abundance. 518 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,239 Speaker 5: My question is how bad do you want it? I 519 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:46,199 Speaker 5: believe I'm looking at hungry people today. I'm looking at 520 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,360 Speaker 5: people that have a made up mind, people that are relentless. 521 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 5: I believe and declare because you'll want to is big enough. 522 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 5: Like Barbibas, you're going to see God suddenly turn things around. 523 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 5: Like David, you're going to last the opposition and take 524 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 5: your throne. And like my grandmother, you are going to 525 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 5: break barriers that have held you back and step into 526 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 5: a new level of your destiny in Jesus' name, And 527 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 5: if you receive it, can you say amen? Today I'd 528 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,159 Speaker 5: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 529 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 5: lord of your life. 530 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 531 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 532 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. 533 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 534 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 5: got born again. 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