1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Hi, It's Joel and Victoria. What a joy to be 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: with you today. We always counted an honor. Know that 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: we're praying for you and your family. We sure hope 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: you enjoy this podcast today and we just are praying 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: for you and know that God is for you, so 6 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,639 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message. Well, God bless you. It's great to 7 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: be with you today, and I hope you stay connected 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: with us during the week through a daily podcast or 9 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit us 10 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: in person. We'd love to have you be a part 11 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: of one of our services. But I'd like to start 12 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 1: with something funny. And I heard about these two professional 13 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: baseball players. They were discussing whether or not they thought 14 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: there would be baseball up in heaven. They made an 15 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: agreement that whoever died first would come back and tell 16 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: if indeed there was baseball in heaven. A few months later, 17 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: one of the players died, just like he promised. He 18 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: came back said to the other player, I got good 19 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: news and I've got bad news. The good news is 20 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: there is baseball up in heaven. The bad news is 21 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: scheduled to pitch next Thursday. Say it like you mean it. 22 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 23 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 24 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 25 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 26 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 27 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 28 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about your bags are packed. 29 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: We all face situations where we don't know if we 30 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: have what it takes. We feel unqualified for the position. 31 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: We don't think we have the strength to raise these children, 32 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: or the endurance to deal with these health issues. But 33 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: God knew everything you would ever face, every problem, every 34 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: set back, every dream. He put in you everything you 35 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: would need to fulfill your purpose, the gifts, the talents, 36 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: the wisdom, the strength. He's lined up the right people, 37 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: the good, the doors to open, the giants to fall. 38 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: You will never face a situation where you don't have 39 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: what you need. You're not lacking, You're not at a disadvantage. 40 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: The odds may be against you, but God has already 41 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: equipped and empowered you for every season. David said it 42 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: this way. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not 43 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: want one version, says I have everything I need. That's 44 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: a powerful place to live from. I'm not attractive enough 45 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: and I don't have the talent. This problem's too big. 46 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: As long as you think you're lacking, you're going to 47 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 1: get stocks. You have to change your mindset. Get out 48 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: of that not enough mentality can't do it too big. 49 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: Do like David Heaven. I have everything I need mentality, 50 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: I am well able. That's how David could defeat a 51 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: giant with just a slingshot. That's how he could outlast 52 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 1: King Saul, who was so jealous. That's why he didn't 53 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: get discouraged when his father left him out in the 54 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 1: shepherd's fields. He knew number one, the Lord is my shepherd. 55 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: I'm not doing this by myself. I have a protector, 56 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: a defender, a waymaker. And number two, he believed that 57 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: the Lord, his shepherd, had put in him everything he needed, 58 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: that he wasn't lacking, that he wasn't deficient. He didn't 59 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: go around thinking, I wish I had more courage, then 60 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: I'd face that giant. Wish I had more talent, then 61 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: I could become a king. If I had more strength, 62 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: I could deal with Saul. We wouldn't be talking about 63 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: David if he didn't believe that he had everything he 64 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: needed for each season he was in. If you have 65 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: a lacking mindset, it pushes down your potential. If you 66 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: believe you're at a deficit, it limits what God put 67 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: in you. When Joel, I feel like I'm over my head. 68 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if I can do this. God wouldn't 69 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: have allowed the situation if you weren't well able. It's 70 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: a yes. Are you going to live with a lacking 71 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: mentality or are you going to live with a loaded mentality? 72 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: Are you going to shrink back because the obstacle feels 73 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: too big or are you going to step up knowing 74 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: that the courage, the strength, the favor is already in you. 75 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying you should never feel unqualified or 76 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 1: feel intimidated. Feelings come to us all. That's not a 77 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: lack of faith. That's normal. But here's the key. Feelings 78 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: don't tell you the truth. Feelings are fickle. They can 79 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: be up one day and down the next. You have 80 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: to override those feelings by what you know. That is, 81 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: the Lord is your shepherd, and you have everything you 82 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: need for each season that you're in. Now, don't verbalize 83 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: your feelings, verbalize what God says about you. Why I 84 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: can't raise this child It's too difficult. No, I am 85 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: strong in the Lord, I am well able. I can't 86 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: take this position. I'm not qualified. No, I can do 87 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: all things through Christ, who strengthens me. Well, Joe, this 88 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: sickness is too much. I can't deal with the treatment. 89 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: Turn it around. Greater is he that's in me than 90 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: what's trying to stop me. You have the strength, the power, 91 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: the favor for every season, not to just survive, but 92 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 1: to thrive despite what comes against you. Imagine with me 93 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: that I decided to take Victoria on a forty day 94 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 1: surprise vacation next year for our fortieth anniversary. Now just imagine, 95 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: because it's not gonna happen. This is an illustration, Victoria. 96 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: This is not a prophecy. But since it's a surprise, 97 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 1: I have to pack her bags, and I pick out 98 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: all these great locations. So we're gonna spend a few 99 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: days in the mountains where it's snowing. So I pack 100 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: her coat and sweater, gloves, a scarf. Then we're gonna 101 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: head to a beach town get some sun. I pack 102 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: her shorts, taink top, sandal sunscreen. We love to hike. 103 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna travel to this place where they're great trails, 104 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: So I pack her hiking boots, blue jeans, backpack, water bottle. 105 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: Then we're gonna finish up the trip in a big 106 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: city and go to a nice restaurant, maybe see a 107 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 1: play afterwards. So I packed something formal, nice dress, high heels, 108 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: fancy purse, and she'll need her makeup, and I'll take 109 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: those four suitcases. And good morning of the trip. She 110 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: wakes up and I tell her we're going on a 111 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: surprise forty day vacation. We leave in an hour. First 112 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 1: thing she'll say is I can't go. I have to pack. 113 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: I tell her, no, you don't have to, I pack 114 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,359 Speaker 1: for you. She'll say, now I'm really not going. But 115 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: we get to our first location. She looks in the 116 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: bag and there's the coat, the sweater, the gloves that 117 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: she needs. Get to the beach. A few days later, 118 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: there's the shorts, sandals, some sunscreen. She thinks, man, I 119 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: know Joel is good looking. I didn't know he's this smart. 120 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 1: And we go to take our heights. She has all 121 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: her gear, jeans, backpack, water bottle. Get to the big city, 122 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: she looks in her back. There's one of her nice 123 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: dresses perfectly folded. There's her high heels. It's all in there. 124 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: Every place she went, she had just what she needed. 125 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: How could I pack so perfectly? How could I have 126 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: the right thing for every occasion? It's because I planned 127 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: the trip. I knew the itinerary, where we were going, 128 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: how long we're going to stay, what we're gonna do, 129 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: what the weather would be like. I took all that 130 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: into account and made sure I packed exactly what she needed. 131 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: The scripture says before you were born, God knew you 132 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: and planned out your days. It says in Psalms that 133 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,239 Speaker 1: He has written every day of your life in his book. 134 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: He knows where you're going, how long you're going to stay, 135 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: what the conditions are going to be like, what you're 136 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: going to need. The good news is God not only 137 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: knows your itinerary, but he has packed your backs. There's 138 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: not a location that you go to that you won't 139 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: have what you need. There's not a season you'll be 140 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: in where you don't have the strength, the courage, the 141 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: favor to do what He's assigned you to do. He 142 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: knows every battle you'll face, every valley, every mountain, that 143 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: opportunity that seems over your head. He knew it was coming. 144 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: He planned your trip. He's already put the faith, the wisdom, 145 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: the fortitude in your bag. You don't have to live 146 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: worry anything. I don't know if I can handle this. 147 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: It's over my head. No, it's in you. There's grace 148 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,959 Speaker 1: for every season. There is strength for your assignment and 149 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: provision for your calling. Don't believe those lies that you 150 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: had a deficit. It's too much. That's saying, in effect, God, 151 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: you forgot something. You left this out of my bag. 152 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: You didn't take into account this trouble or this person 153 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 1: that walked away, this new level in my career. No, 154 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 1: God that make mistakes. Whatever season you're in, it may 155 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: be a surprise to you, but it's not a surprise 156 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: to him when you understand that God has packed your bags. 157 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 1: You don't live with a lacking mindset. You live with 158 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: a loaded mindset like David. Even when you walk into 159 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 1: seasons that don't make sense, you have that faith, that 160 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 1: trust that the Lord is my shepherd. I have everything 161 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: I need. This can save you a lot of frustration, 162 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: a lot of anks about the future because there's so 163 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: much uncertainty. It's easy. Don't worry about what might happen 164 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: and how am I going to handle college? Or what 165 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: if I'm not good at raising these children? Or what 166 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: if this company doesn't need me in the future, how 167 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: will I make it? We don't know what the future holds. 168 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: We don't know what will need and what will face. 169 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: But you know what will help you sleep well at 170 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: night and lay down in peace is when you know 171 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: that your bags have been packed by your heavenly father. 172 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: He knows everything. He planned your itinerary. He didn't just 173 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: leave it up to us to figure out come up 174 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: with what we need. He packed your bags for you. 175 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,319 Speaker 1: He took into account every season in your life, your youth, 176 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: your young adult, middle aged, senior years. It's all there. 177 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: You can live in peace knowing who packed your bags. 178 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: One time, I was at a Night of Hope, one 179 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,319 Speaker 1: of our events on the road, and always wear casual 180 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: clothes to the venue, and I change into my suit 181 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: right before the service starts. I'd been there an hour 182 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: or so, visiting with pastors and other guests, and about 183 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes before the service I ran back to change 184 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: my clothes, and my suit and shirt and tie were 185 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: hanging there. I looked in my bag and there were 186 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: my shoes, my belt, but I couldn't find my socks anywhere. 187 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,959 Speaker 1: Looked at all the compartments and unzipped everything, pulled out 188 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: all the other clothes, but no socks. All I had 189 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: was my athletic socks I was wearing with my tennis shoes. Well, 190 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: my friend Johnny was with me. I've known him my 191 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: whole life. He was already in his suit. He looked 192 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: at me and said, do you want my socks? I said, 193 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: if you don't mind, and we switched socks right there. 194 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 1: I didn't tell him anything about that toe fungus I've 195 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: had for thirty years. But God must have protected him. 196 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: But here's my point. Sometimes we forget to pack things. 197 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 1: I had done a couple hundred nights of hope, but 198 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: that night I left something out. Can I encourage you? 199 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 1: God never leaves anything out. He never forgets to pack 200 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: what you need. Now, when you're in a difficult situations, 201 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: thoughts will whisper You're not qualified, you're not attractive enough, 202 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: you're not talented enough. Do you think the creator of 203 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: the universe, the god who flung stars into space somehow 204 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: made him mistake and forgot to pack what you need. 205 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: That he somehow left out your socks, so to speak. 206 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: Now you don't have the courage, the strength, the ability. 207 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: That's the enemy. He'd love to deceive us into living 208 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: with a lacking mentality. I'm not enough. I'm at a 209 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: deficit as long as you believe that, it's limiting what 210 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: God put in you, the gifts, the talents, the strength 211 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: is lying dormant. The way to unpack your bags and 212 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: discover what's in you is to be like David and 213 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 1: live from this. I have everything I need mentality, not 214 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: because of what we've done, not because of how great 215 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 1: we are, but because the Lord is our shepherd, and 216 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 1: he has packed us with courage, with influence, with leadership, 217 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 1: with strategy. You're not lacking. You can handle it. If 218 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: it's in your path, you're equipped for it. If it's 219 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: in your future, you don't have to worry. Made the itinerary. 220 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: He's planned your days. He's already packed everything you need. 221 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: When you get there, you can open up that bag 222 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 1: and there it is. A friend of mine is taking 223 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: care of his elderly parents, and he and his wife 224 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: have several beautiful children, and he's very successful in his career. 225 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: They're always on the go. He said, Joel, if you 226 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: would have told me five years ago that I would 227 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: need to take care of my parents and bring them 228 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: food each day and check on them and take them 229 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: to appointments, I would have thought, there's no way. I 230 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,680 Speaker 1: don't have the time or energy. I can't handle all that. 231 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: But he said, it's so amazing at how I have 232 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: the grace to do all this Now. I don't dread it. 233 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 1: I enjoy it. It's like God has multiplied my time. 234 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: Why was that God had already packed the grace, the strength, 235 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,319 Speaker 1: the ability in his bag. God knows what you're going 236 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: to need, when you're going to need it. You don't 237 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 1: have to dread things. Urry you convince yourself it's going 238 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: to be so hard, and what all you can't do. 239 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: When you get there, the grace will be there. But Joel, 240 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: it seems like it's over my head. It's too much 241 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: for me. No, you haven't unpacked all this in your bag. 242 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: You've seen partial strength, partial talent, partial courage. There's much 243 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: more in you. You can't judge your future by where 244 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: you are right now. Proverb says the path of the 245 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: Righteous gets brighter and brighter as you step into new 246 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: seasons where you need more strength, more wisdom, more grace. 247 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: You're going to unpack things you didn't know we're in you. 248 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: Some of what God is packed is hidden on purpose 249 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: because you don't need it right now. It's easy to think, well, 250 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: this is who I am, this is who I'll always be, 251 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: this same level of confidence, strength, influence, no, your graceful 252 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 1: where you are right now. But God has greater levels coming. 253 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: You're going to discover what He's packed in you that 254 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: you didn't even know you had. For seventeen years, I 255 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: worked behind the scenes here at Lakewood during the television production, 256 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: and I enjoyed it. Had a natural bent at cameras 257 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: and lighting and producing. But my father would always try 258 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: to get me up to speak. He said, Joe, you'd 259 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: be a good minister. Why don't you help me pastor 260 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: the church? That was always so strange to me. I thought, Man, 261 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: I have my dad fooled. There is no way I 262 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: could get up in front of people. I wouldn't know 263 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: what to say. I don't have that gift. Year after 264 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: year I would tell him no. In nineteen ninety nine, 265 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: my father had a heart attack and went to be 266 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: with the Lord, and all of a sudden, I felt 267 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: this desire to step up and pastor the church. Now. 268 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: Thoughts told me, Joe, you're not qualified, you don't have 269 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: the experience. Nobody's going to listen to you. In years past, 270 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: I believed it lived, intimidated too much, no way. But 271 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: this time I felt this courage, this strength, this favor 272 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: that I'd never felt before I stepped up. We never 273 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: dreamed the church would grow. We were hoping if we 274 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: could just maintain what my parents had built, that would 275 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: be a great victory. But look what the Lord has done. 276 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: Twenty seven years later, here we are in the former 277 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: Compact Center. I didn't know my father was going to 278 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: suddenly pass. I didn't know I could minister. But God 279 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: knew what was coming. He knew what I was going 280 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: to need. He had already packed my bags. You don't 281 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: know what God has already packed in you. That's why 282 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: you don't have to worry what if this happens, Joela. 283 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: I don't think I'm qualified. I don't have the talent. 284 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: You have what you need for this season. When you 285 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: need more, it'll be there. God has already packed it. 286 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: He's not only put things in you, but he's lined 287 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: up the people you need and the doors to open. 288 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: The good breaks. When my father passed, my brother Paul 289 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: had been the chief of sogery at a hospital in 290 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 1: Little Rock for thirteen years. Driving home from the memorial service, 291 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,919 Speaker 1: he felt God telling him to come back home and 292 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: help us pastor the church. My brother in law, Dawn, 293 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: was working in politics in Washington. He came back and 294 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: helped us to run the television station the church owned. 295 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: I couldn't have made all this happen. God had it 296 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: all lined up. When we were trying to acquire this building, 297 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 1: the former Compact Center, it was owned by the city. 298 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: We needed ten city council members to vote for us. 299 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: I'd never done anything in city politics. I thought, Man, 300 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: where do we even start trying to convince people to 301 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: be for us. There was a consultant we were told 302 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: about that was the most influential man in city politics 303 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: for decades. He had worked with council members and mayors. 304 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: If you wanted anything done, people told us he was 305 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: the person to get well. The thing about this man 306 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: is he didn't have any kind of faith background, never 307 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,959 Speaker 1: done anything for religious organization, and he was kind of 308 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: known to be a partier and love to dream, stay out, laid, 309 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 1: have a good time. His language was really out there. 310 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: But you never know who God is gonna use. Don't 311 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,199 Speaker 1: write people off because they're not just like you. And 312 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: the first time I met with him, it was like 313 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: this instant connection. God calls things to fall into place. 314 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 1: He went out of his way to make things happen 315 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 1: for us. He called on favors that people owed him 316 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: and used it for us. It was uncommon. He told 317 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: the newspaper, I love Joel, I'll do anything for him. 318 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: I'd like to think I'm just that great, But that 319 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 1: was the favor God had already packed for us for 320 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: that critical season, bringing the right people. God knows what 321 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: you need and he knows who you need. As you 322 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: keep moving forward honoring God, you're going to unpack gifts, talents, favor, opportunity. 323 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: The right people are going to show God packed it 324 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: for the right season. You'll never be at a deficit, 325 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: never be lacking. Like David. You have everything you need 326 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 1: for the season you're in. Like God did for me, 327 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: You're going to come into these seasons where you unpacked 328 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: things that thrust you ahead that you didn't even know 329 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: were in you. This is what happened to Gideon Judges 330 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: chapter six. The people of Israel were being terrorized by 331 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: the Midianites. They were bigger and stronger, and every time 332 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: the Israelites crops begin to flourish, they would come and 333 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:40,479 Speaker 1: take the harvest and steal their possessions. Gideon was in 334 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: hiding in a wine press, afraid and intimidated. An angel 335 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: showed up and said, mighty hero, the Lord is with you. 336 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: You are to deliver the Israelites from the army of 337 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: midian I can imagine Gideon looking around, thought, who's he 338 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 1: talking to. I'm not a mighty hero. I'm not strong 339 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: and confident. I'm afraid. I'm hiding. God doesn't just see 340 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: you as you are. He knows what he put in you. 341 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: There will be these times that he calls it out. 342 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 1: Get in. Said to the angel, how can I deliver 343 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 1: the people? I come from the smallest tribe, and I'm 344 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: the least one in my father's house. He was saying, Man, 345 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: I'm lacking. I'm at a deficit. I would deliver the 346 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: people if I had the courage, if I had the 347 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: strength and the strategy, then I'd step up. God will 348 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: never ask you to do something and not give you 349 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,959 Speaker 1: the ability to do it. He won't open a door 350 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 1: that you can't walk through. He won't let you face 351 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: opposition that you can't overcome. He knew it was coming. 352 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: He planned your days, He determined your itinerary. He knew 353 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: the Midianites would show up. The trouble, the sickness, the loss. 354 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 1: It may have surprised you, but it didn't surprise him. 355 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: The Psalmist said, God has armed you with for every battle. 356 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 1: He's already packed your bags for that adversity. Yes, the 357 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: enemy may look big, but what's in you is bigger. 358 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: That challenge may be great, but greater is he that's 359 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: in you. There's greater courage, greater faith, greater vision. You 360 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't be facing it if you weren't well able. Gideon's 361 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: mistake is he went by what he felt. I feel unqualified, 362 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: I feel less than afraid. That whole time he had 363 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 1: a mighty hero on the inside, a man of fearless courage. 364 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 1: This shows us what you're thinking can push down what 365 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,360 Speaker 1: God put in you. If you live with this deficit 366 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: mentality not enough disadvantage, you're not going to see that 367 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: mighty hero come out. Gideon made all these excuses and 368 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: told the angel what he didn't have, what he couldn't do. 369 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 1: The Angel said, Gideon, go in the strength you have. 370 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: That was the key he was say, and don't wait 371 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 1: till your feelings change. Take a step of faith, and 372 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 1: you'll discover what God has already put in you. Sometimes 373 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: we're like Gid in when I feel more couraged Joel, 374 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 1: when I see things begin to improve, when I don't 375 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,919 Speaker 1: have this doubt, this insecurity, then I'll step up. But 376 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 1: faith is about believing before you see it. Gideon finally 377 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: took that step. He went out and defeated the Midianites, 378 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 1: and he went on to become one of the heroes 379 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: of faith. I wonder if there are things God has 380 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: packed in your bag, But like Gideon, you're talking yourself 381 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: out of it, thinking you're not qualified, the opposition's too big, 382 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: you don't have what it takes. You wouldn't be there 383 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: if you didn't have what it takes. Your assignment may 384 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: be bigger than your confidence, but it's not bigger than 385 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: your calling. God has already packed the mighty hero in you. 386 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:02,479 Speaker 1: He's already put greater confidence, strength, strategy to defeat the 387 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: giants in your life, to step into your purpose. Moses 388 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: had to learn this. He'd been in the desert for 389 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,719 Speaker 1: forty years hiding because of a mistake he had made. 390 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 1: He felt like he was done. He had missed his chance. 391 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 1: But God is taken into account every mistake, every wrong turn. 392 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: He's already packed mercy and new beginnings and second chances. 393 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:31,719 Speaker 1: Nothing you've done has canceled your destiny. God showed up 394 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: in a burning bush and told Moses go, tell the 395 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 1: Pharaoh to let my people go. Moses said, God, I 396 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: can't go. I stuttered, have a problem with my speech. 397 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: I don't talk well. I love how God answered him. 398 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: He said, Moses, who made your tongue? Who makes the 399 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,199 Speaker 1: death to hear? Who makes the blind to see? Is 400 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: it not I? The Lord's your God? He was saying, 401 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: in effect, Moses, who packed your You think I left 402 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 1: something out that I'm asking you to do something you 403 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 1: can't do. If you'll go in the strength you have, 404 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: you'll discover what God has already packed. Moses went to 405 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: the Fay Road, and at first he wouldn't let the 406 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: people go. God told him to throw his staff on 407 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 1: the ground. This stick that he carried. When he did, 408 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 1: it turned into a snake. He picked it up, it 409 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: turned back into a staff supernatural power. He held that 410 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: stick up and the red sea parted. He used that 411 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: stick to strike a rock and water came flowing out. 412 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 1: Something he had that looked ordinary, just a stick, became 413 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: a tool to see the extra ordinary. Some of the 414 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: things God has packed in your bags may seem ordinary 415 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: to you, ordinary talent, ordinary courage, ordinary opportunity. But when 416 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 1: God breathes on them, they'll become extraordinary. Doors will open, 417 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: healing will come, generational limits, patience will be broken. But 418 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: Moses almost talked himself out of it. God, I stutter, 419 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: I'm at a deficit. He didn't need a new mouth, 420 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,679 Speaker 1: He needed a new mindset. Could that be you today? 421 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,719 Speaker 1: You have what you need, but your thinking is limiting you. Now. 422 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: I know there are times that we feel over our head. 423 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: The obstacle looks too big, the dream too great. But 424 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: you have to remind yourself that God not only planned 425 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: your days, He not only determined your itinerary, but he 426 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:36,479 Speaker 1: took it one step further and packed your bags. You 427 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 1: have the grace you need for this season that you're 428 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: in and whatever you face in the future, you don't 429 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: have to worry stress over things that you can't control, 430 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: wonder how it's going to work out. You can stay 431 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: in peace. Your heavenly Father has taken all that into account. 432 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: He didn't forget to pack anything in your back. He 433 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: didn't make mistakes. Live from a deficit mentality not enough 434 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: problem too big. Here's a mighty hero in you. There's courage, strength, 435 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: new levels, no more I'm lacking. But how about I'm loaded, 436 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: not a Gideon mentality it's too much. But how about David? 437 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 1: The Lord is my shepherd. I have everything I need. 438 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: If you'll do this, I believe and declare Like David, 439 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: You're going to see giants fall, healing, freedom, breakthroughs. Like Gideon. 440 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,879 Speaker 1: That mighty hero is going to come out the fullness 441 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 1: of your destiny in Jesus's name, And if you receive it, 442 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: can you say amen? I'd like to give you an 443 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 444 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 1: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 445 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you 446 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 1: my lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 447 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again and we'd love to 448 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: see just some free information on your new walk with 449 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 1: the Lord. You can text the number on the screen 450 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,439 Speaker 1: or go to the website. 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