1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: When you face situations you don't see how they could 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: work out, don't live worried. The how is not up 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: to you. God wouldn't have allowed it if it was 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: going to keep you from your destiny. He won't let 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: you get in a problem that he can't get you 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: out of. If you'll stay focused on the Who, knowing 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: that you are His child, that you are blessed, favored, anointed, empowered, 8 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: then God will take care of the how. Hi, this 9 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast 10 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: why don't you be a blessing and share it with 12 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: a friend. We appreciate you and pray for God's very 13 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: best in your life. Well, God bless you. It's a 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: joy to come into your home. So thanks for being 15 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: with us today and I hope you'll stay connected all 16 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: through the week. We have a daily podcast that you 17 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: can download, go to our YouTube channel watch the messages anytime, 18 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: or you can follow us on social media. We're going 19 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: to keep it encouraged and inspired. But thanks for tuning 20 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: in today. I like to start with something funny, and 21 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: I heard about this man that was out walking on 22 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: the beach. God said, son, you've been so faithful, I'm 23 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 1: going to grant you one special wish. He was so excited. 24 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: He said, God, I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, 25 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: but I'm afraid to fly. So my wish is that 26 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: you would build a bridge across the ocean. God said, son, 27 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 1: that's impossible. Think of the logistics of that. Now take 28 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: a moment and wish again. The man thought about it 29 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: and said, okay, God, I've been married four times. All 30 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: my ex wives say I am so insensitive. So my 31 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: wish is that I would be able to understand a woman. 32 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: I want to know why they think like they think, 33 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: why they feel like they feel. There was a long pause, 34 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: and God said, do you want two lanes or four 35 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: lanes on that bridge? Say it like you mean it. 36 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 37 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 38 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 39 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind 40 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 41 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 42 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about remember who you are. 43 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: We all face challenges in life that we don't know 44 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: how are going to work out? How am I going 45 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: to get well? How am I going to meet the 46 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: right person? How is this dream going to come to pass? 47 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 1: But here's the key. The how is not as important 48 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: as the who. When you know who you are, a 49 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: child of the most High God, crowned with favor, with 50 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 1: royal blood flowing through your veins, then the who will 51 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 1: override the how. The how is not up to us. 52 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: The how may look impossible if you stay focused on how, 53 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: you're going to get worried, discouraged. Your job is not 54 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: to figure everything out. Your job is to honor God, 55 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: be your best, and he will take care of the how. 56 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: We spend too much time on the how. How is 57 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: my child going to get back on course? How am 58 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: I going to make it through this pandemic? How can 59 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: I overcome this opposition at work? Why don't you spend 60 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 1: that same time on the who? Father? Thank you that 61 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: I am your child, Thank you that you hand picked me, 62 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: You chose me before I could choose you. Thank you 63 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: that you are for me, that you are fighting my battles. 64 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: If you'll focus on the who, God will take care 65 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: of the how. When our children were small, they never 66 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: once said, Daddy, how are we going to pay our 67 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: bills this month? How are we going to get to 68 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: school tomorrow? How are we going to have something for 69 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: dinner tonight? They were never concerned about the how, because 70 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: they knew the who, because they belonged to us. They 71 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: knew their father was going to take care of it. 72 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: They knew Daddy is going to keep us safe. Daddy's 73 00:03:57,880 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: going to make sure we get there. Daddy's going to 74 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: protect us, provide show us favor. What if we had 75 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: that same kind of childlike faith, not trying to figure 76 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: out all the hous worried about how our health is 77 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: going to improve, and how we're going to accomplish the goal, 78 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: how we're going to get out of this difficulty. Can 79 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: I tell you your heavenly father is going to take care 80 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: of the house. When you understand that you belong to him, 81 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,239 Speaker 1: then you can live from a place of peace knowing 82 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: that Daddy's going to protect you. Daddy's going to show 83 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: you favor. Dad, He's going to turn that problem around. 84 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 1: As an earthly father, I knew how to do things 85 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: that my children didn't understand I had experience, wisdom, strength 86 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: that they didn't have. How much more so our heavenly father. 87 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: He created the universe, He flung stars into space. He 88 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: has ways of doing things that we can't see. He's 89 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: working behind the scenes lining up what you need to 90 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: accomplish your dreams. Already has a solution to that problem 91 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: that's stressing you out. He has angels watching over you, 92 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 1: he has favor surrounding you. He's put a blessing on 93 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: your life that circumstances and people cannot stop. You have 94 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: an advantage because of who your heavenly Father is. When 95 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: you face situations you don't see how they could work out, 96 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: don't live worried. The how is not up to you. 97 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to 98 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: keep you from your destiny. He won't let you get 99 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: in a problem that he can't get you out of. 100 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: If you'll stay focused on the Who, knowing that you 101 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: are His child, that you are blessed, favored, anointed, empowered, 102 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: then God will take care of the how. This is 103 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: what David did. At seventeen years old, he was out 104 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: in the shepherd's fields when his father asked him to 105 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: take lunch to his brothers. They were serving in the 106 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: army in another city. When he arrived, he heard Goliath, 107 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: the champion of the Philistine army, taunting the Israelites. They 108 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,159 Speaker 1: were all afraid, but something rose up in David, a fire, 109 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 1: a passion, and anointing. He said, who is this man 110 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: that he should defy the armies of the Living God. 111 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: He told King Saul that he wanted to fight Goliath. 112 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: Saul laughed. Goliath was twice David's size. He was their 113 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: most skilled warrior. He was wearing a full set of armor. 114 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 1: David had no military training, no experience. The howl seemed impossible, 115 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: no way in the natural. But David understood this principle 116 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 1: that the howl wasn't up to him. He stood before 117 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: Goliath said you come against me with a sword and 118 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,119 Speaker 1: a shield, But I come against you in the name 119 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:55,799 Speaker 1: of the Lord God of Israel. He was saying, in effect, Goliath, 120 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 1: I may be small, I may be inexperienced. The odds 121 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: are against me, but I have a secret. I know 122 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: who I am. I belong to the most high. I 123 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: have an advantage. Fever is on my life. He didn't 124 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: focus on the how, He focused on the who. He 125 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: took his slingshot out, slung that rock, hit Goliath in 126 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: the forehead, knocked him unconscious. When you know who you are, 127 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: you'll defeat giants that are much bigger. You may be 128 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: facing situations now that you don't see how they could 129 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: work out. You could live worried, stressed. You have to 130 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: shift your perspective from the how to the who. Who 131 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: you are is more powerful than any force trying to 132 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: stop you. You're not just anyone. You belong to the 133 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: most High God. He breathed life into you. He chose you, 134 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: and the good news is he's backing you up. He 135 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: has the howls already figured out. There's no giant too 136 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: big for him, no sickness too great, no addiction to power, 137 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: no obstacle too strong. And like David, you may not 138 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: see the how. That's okay. The how is not up 139 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: to you. When you know who you are, you live 140 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: from a place of faith, a place of trust, a 141 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: place of confidence, then you're going to see God show 142 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: out in your life. You don't have to have big resources, 143 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: big talent, big connections. God will take your slingshot what 144 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: seems small and put his favor on it, and you 145 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: will defeat great giants. It's not so much what you have, 146 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: it's the blessing on what you have. It's the favor 147 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: on what you have. Where does that come from your talent, 148 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: your family, from being good enough? No, it comes from 149 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 1: who you are. When God created you, he put his 150 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: blessing on you, He put his favor. Now quit trying 151 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: to figure out all the hows and rest in the 152 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: Who I heard about these baby cub bears. They were 153 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: out in the woods playing having fun when this pack 154 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: of wolves came out of nowhere and started toward them. 155 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: The cubs saw the wolves out in the distance, but 156 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: they didn't get alarmed. They didn't take off running. Seemed 157 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,199 Speaker 1: like they were naive, like they were about to be harmed, 158 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: but it didn't bother them. When the wolves got about 159 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: twenty yards away, out of nowhere came this huge mama 160 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 1: bear with their paws up in the air, growling forcefully, 161 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,199 Speaker 1: just like she was saying, come on, make my day. 162 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: Those wolves stopped in their tracks, turned around, and went 163 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: back to where they came from. The reason the cubs 164 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: weren't upset, the reason they didn't panic is they knew 165 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: who they belonged to. They didn't worry about the how, 166 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: how they were going to stay safe, how they were 167 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: not going to be harmed. They knew Mama would take 168 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: care of the how. You may have things coming against you, 169 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: but you're not on your own. Because of who you are. 170 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: You could stay in peace, not because Mama Bear is 171 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: backing you up, but because the Most High God has 172 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: your back. He's watching over you. He's pushing back forces 173 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: of darkness. He's not allowing that sickness to take you out. 174 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: He's not letting those people keep you down. They may 175 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: have shown up, but God sees it. He knows what's happening, 176 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: and he is on his way. Quit worrying, Quit losing sleep. 177 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: God has you in the palm of his hand. He 178 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: never asked us to figure out the how. In fact, 179 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: the scripture says, trust in the Lord with all your heart. 180 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: Lean not to your own understanding. If you only lean 181 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: to your understanding, you're going to get frustrated. Because sometimes 182 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: there is no logical solution, there's no way out in 183 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 1: the natural. But we serve a supernatural God. He can 184 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: make things happen that we couldn't make happen. When Victoria 185 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: and I had been married about two years, we lived 186 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: in an apartment complex, and one evening we were out 187 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:09,079 Speaker 1: walking through this nice neighborhood with big trees and beautiful 188 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: two story homes. We came to this one house that 189 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: was under construction and it was just about finished. It 190 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: was late in the day, no one was working, so 191 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 1: we went to look at it. The front door was unlocked, 192 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 1: so we walked in. It was so beautiful. I'll never 193 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: forget the tall ceilings, the big curved windows, it was 194 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: all so spacious and well done. As we were walking 195 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: out the front sidewalk, Victoria stopped, turned around and said, Joel, 196 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: one day we're going to live in a house just 197 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: like this. That was so far out of my thinking, 198 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: so unbelievable. I couldn't even fathom it. Now. I started 199 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: telling her all the reasons why it wasn't going to happen. 200 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: I said, Victoria, that's impossible. This is how much we 201 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: make I work for a ministry, even if we say 202 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: for years and have enough. I went on and on 203 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 1: that no more affected her. She said, no, Joe, I 204 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: know down in my spirit is going to happen. The 205 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: more she believed, the more aggravated that made me. I 206 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: did my best to convince her to be a doubter. 207 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: Come on, we're limited, We'll never have enough, We're at 208 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: a disadvantage. Her attitude was, no thanks. I know who 209 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: I am. I am blessed, I am favored, I am anointed. 210 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: I'm a child of the most high. I wonder how 211 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: many times we're doing like I did. I can't get well. 212 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: Have you seen the medical report. I'll never break this addiction. 213 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: I've had it since high school. My business will never succeed. 214 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: I don't have the resources, the connections. All this time, 215 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: you're focused on the how, thinking about what you can't do, 216 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: what you don't have. God is saying, let me take 217 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: care of the how. You just focus on the who. 218 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: You Believe that you're my child, Believe that you have 219 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: an advantage. Believe that I'm a good father. Believe that 220 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: I will take care of you, heal you, restore you, 221 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: favor you, prosper you. We would walk that pass several 222 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: times a week. Every time Victoria would say, there's that 223 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: house we're going to live in, something like that. One day, 224 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: after hearing that over and over, she started to convince me, 225 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: you've heard that saying, if you can't beat them, join them. 226 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: She wasn't going to sit down to where I was, 227 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: so I decided to rise up to where she was. 228 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: Don't let people speaking doubt, defeat negativity cause you to 229 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: give up on your dreams. Instead of letting them talk 230 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: you out of it, you need to keep saying it 231 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: so much that you talk them into it. Several years later, 232 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: we bought an old rundown house on a nice piece 233 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: of property close into the city. The day we closed 234 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: on the house, we were standing in the front yard. 235 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: A car pulled up and stopped. This lady got out 236 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: and said she was a realator. She asked if we 237 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: wanted to sell the property. I said no, we just 238 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: bought it. She said, well, how about selling it for 239 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: a significant profit. I told her that we wanted to 240 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: keep it. She said, congratulations, you just bought your dream house. 241 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: I didn't know what she was talking about. A few 242 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: months later, the neighborhood changed the deed restrictions where you 243 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: could subdivide the lots. A year later, we sold half 244 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: the property for more than we bought the whole property for. 245 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: A builder built two homes on it, one for us. 246 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: We sold that home and bought a house down the 247 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: street from the original house Victoria said we were going 248 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: to live in. When we moved in, I said, Victoria, 249 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: here's this house I always said we were going to 250 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: live in. She almost didn't even let me stay there. 251 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: Are you trying to figure out the house? Leave that 252 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: up to God? You focused on the who Lord. Thank 253 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: you that i'm your child, that you've chosen me, that 254 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: you've my steps. You said your plans for me are 255 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: for good. You said you would do more than I 256 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: can ask, think or imagine. One time, the disciples ask 257 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: Jesus how to pray, and he gave them what we 258 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: know now as the Lord's prayer. He started off saying, 259 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: our Father, who are in Heaven. Goes on to talk 260 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: about give us our daily bread, protect us from evil, 261 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: help us to forgive, on and on. But it's significant 262 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: that before we ask for our needs, before we ask 263 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: for protection for guidance, God said, I want you to 264 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: acknowledge who you are. I want you to see yourself 265 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: as my child, our father. You're saying, God, I know 266 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: who I am. I belong to you. You're my father. 267 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: You created me, you love me, you care for me, 268 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: you protect me, you favor me. If you don't know 269 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: who you are, then the rest of this prayer is 270 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: not going to be effective. And asking faith for the 271 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: daily bread, the protection, the provision. If you don't know 272 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: you're his child, you may have some house, you don't 273 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: know how you're going to finish school, how your family 274 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: is going to stay together, how you're going to come 275 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: out of that depression. But if you'll just keep the 276 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: who God, You're my father, I'm your child. God, I 277 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: trust you. When you know the who, God will take 278 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: care of the house. Luke Chapter one, there's the story 279 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: of Mary, the mother of Jesus. She was a teenager 280 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: living in Nazareth, one of the poorest cities of that region. 281 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: An angel appeared to her and said that she was 282 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: going to have a baby without knowing a man. He 283 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: said he would be the Messiah. They were to name 284 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: him Jesus. Mary was confused. She thought, that's impossible. You 285 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: can't have a baby without a man. That defies the 286 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: laws of nature. She said to the angel, how can 287 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: I have a baby? I'm a virgin. Mary had a 288 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: How I don't see how this can happen. The angel said, 289 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit will come upon you. The power of 290 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: the Most High will overshadow you, and you will have 291 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: this child. He was saying, in effect, Mary, don't worry 292 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: about the how. God will take care of the how. 293 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: Like Mary, you may have a howl. God's given you 294 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: a promise, but seems impossible. How can you get well? 295 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: How can you come out of death? How can you 296 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: accomplish your dream? God is saying to you what he 297 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 1: said to marry. The power of the Most High will 298 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: overshadow you. One version says, overtake you those dreams that 299 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 1: look impossible. You're going to see God's favor overtake you, healing, 300 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:50,239 Speaker 1: overtake you, Freedom, overtake you. Overtake means you can't outrun it, 301 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: you can't hide from it. The power of the Most 302 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: High is going to make things happen that you couldn't 303 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 1: make happen. Don't worry about the hows. May seem too big, 304 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: too late, too far, too much. That's the way Mary felt. 305 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 1: Listen to what she said. She could have doubted like 306 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: I did. Who will nember live in a house like that? 307 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,679 Speaker 1: Are you kidding? Have a baby without a man? But 308 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: Mary said in verse thirty eight, I am the Lord's child. 309 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: I will accept whatever he wants. May everything you said 310 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: come true. Instead of focusing on the how, she switched 311 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: over to the who I know. Who I am the 312 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: Lord's child, I am favored, I am blessed, I am anointed. 313 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 1: Why don't you do like Mary and leave the howl 314 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: up to God and just stay focused on who you are. Lord. 315 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: Thank you that you're my father, that you're working in 316 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: my life, that you're taking me where I can't go 317 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: on my own. God is going to put dreams in 318 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 1: your heart that seem impossible. Obstacles will come that look 319 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: too big, enemies too strong. That's when it's easy to 320 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: let the hows talk you out of it. I don't 321 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: see how this can work out, Joe. You don't have to. 322 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: The how is not up to you. The power of 323 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: the Most High is going to work it out. Take 324 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: the pressure off yourself. Quit living worried, frustrated. It's not 325 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: going to be by your strength, by your ability, but 326 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: by the spirit of the Living God. The Angel told 327 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 1: Mary that it was going to happen without knowing a man. 328 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 1: He was talking about the physical, but this has a 329 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 1: deeper meaning. God was showing us that you're not dependent 330 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: on people. What you're believing for can happen without a man. Well, 331 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: if I can just get this manager to like me, 332 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: if I can get this friend to give me a 333 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: good break, you don't need who you think you need. 334 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 1: When it's your time, the power of a most high 335 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 1: will overtake you. When God shows up, nothing can stand 336 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: in his way. Chains will break, doors will open, opportunity 337 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 1: will come. If it can happen without a man, then 338 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: it can happen without a bank, without the treatment, without 339 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: the experience, without the resources. God is about to surprise you, 340 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: Like with Mary. It's going to be something you've never seen, 341 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: something that's never happened in your family, something that defies 342 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: the odds catapults you into your destiny. I talked to 343 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: a young lady that had big dreams. She knew God's 344 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 1: hand was on her, but she made poor decisions. She 345 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: was at the wrong place the wrong time. She ended 346 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 1: up in prison. She was so depressed and so down 347 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: on herself that she didn't want to live. Someone gave 348 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,719 Speaker 1: her one of my books and she started reading it. 349 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,360 Speaker 1: Hope began to feel her heart, dreams started coming back 350 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: to life. She got her passion back. She believed that 351 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 1: she was still a child of God, redeemed and forgiven. 352 00:20:56,080 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: The problem was the how. How could she fulfill her perse. 353 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 1: She was in prison, looked like she would be there 354 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: for many years, but through a series of unusual events, 355 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: she was unexpectedly released years ahead of schedule. When the 356 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: power of the Most High overtakes you, doors will open 357 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: that shouldn't open. She went back to school and got 358 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 1: her master's degree in counseling, then her PhD. Now she's 359 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: helping people that were like her in a dark place 360 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 1: struggling with depression. She said, I never dreamed I would 361 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,360 Speaker 1: be where I am. You don't have to figure out 362 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: the how, Just get the who right and God will 363 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: take care of the how. You may have made mistakes, 364 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: that's not who you are, that's what you did. You 365 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: are still a son, a daughter of the Most High, Forgiven, redeemed, restored, 366 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 1: called equipped, chosen and anointed. Keep your shoulders back, hold 367 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: your head up high. The enemy would love for you 368 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,679 Speaker 1: to go through life with your who messed up thinking 369 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: you've blown it, you missed your chance, You're not worthy, 370 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: not valuable. Just sit on the sidelines. Don't believe those lies. 371 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: Nothing you've done has changed who you are. No mistake 372 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: you've made has disqualified you. When you gave your life 373 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 1: to Christ. You were born into God's family. You can't 374 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: get unborn. His calling on your life doesn't go away 375 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: because you've made mistakes. He took wrong turns, you got 376 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 1: off course. You are still his child. In the scripture, 377 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: God told Jonah to go one way, but he went 378 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: the other. He knew what he was supposed to do, 379 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,479 Speaker 1: to go to the city of Nineveh tell them to repent, 380 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: but he went exactly opposite. He ended up on a 381 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: boat in the middle of a huge storm. He finally 382 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,400 Speaker 1: admitted to the crew that he was the problem. They 383 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 1: were so grateful, they said, thank you, Jonah. They threw 384 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: him overboard. He should have been done. This should have 385 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: been the end of his story, but it just so happened. 386 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:11,360 Speaker 1: There was a big fish that swallowed Jonah. Even when 387 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: we make mistakes, even when we bring trouble on ourselves, 388 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: God is so merciful. He'll still protect us. He'll still 389 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: provide a way of escape. Jonah was sitting in the 390 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: belly of that well. Sea weed wrapped around his head. 391 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 1: It was dark, smelly. He didn't see how he could 392 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 1: get out. He could have complained, been depressed, He said 393 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 1: in verse seven, My life was slipping away. Then I 394 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: remembered the Lord, my God. He was saying, in effect, 395 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: I was just about done. Then I remembered who I am. 396 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 1: He started thanking God in the belly of the well. 397 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: The how looked impossible. How could he get out? How 398 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,919 Speaker 1: could he survive? All the odds were against him. But 399 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: as he was thanking God, the scripture says, God calls 400 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: the fish to spit him up on dry ground. You 401 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: don't have to figure out the how. God controls the universe. 402 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 1: He controls fish. One time he told Peter to go 403 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 1: to the lake, and the first fish he caught had 404 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: coins to pay their taxes. God controls the economy, He 405 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: controls finances. He even controls your enemies. The scripture says 406 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: God caused Pharaoh to harden his heart. When you remember 407 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: who you are, God will cause things to happen. The 408 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: medical report doesn't look good, don't worry. God can cause 409 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: you to get well. He controls the number of your days. 410 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 1: People at work are against you. They're more powerful, have 411 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: more influence. God will cause you to overcome. That's not 412 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: your battle. The how is not up to you. The 413 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: battle is the Lord's. Your business seems stuck, look like 414 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: you've reached your limits. God will cause you to succeed. 415 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 1: He'll cause opportunities to come your way. When you know 416 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: who you are, you won't get discouraged by the how. 417 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: You know the Lord will cause things to happen. I 418 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: believe even now, God is causing your health to turn around. 419 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: He's causing that depression, that anxiety, that fear to leave. 420 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: He's causing the right people to find you. He's causing 421 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 1: you to conceive that baby you've been dreaming about. He's 422 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 1: causing that trouble in your family to resolve, causing that 423 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: child to get back on course. You couldn't make it happen. 424 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: The odds were against you, but suddenly things were going 425 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: to fall into place. Well, Joel, this sounds good, but 426 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: I don't see how it can happen. Neither did Jonah, 427 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: neither did Mary, neither did David. But the how is 428 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: not your job. You focus on the who and let 429 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,479 Speaker 1: God take care of the how. He parted red Seas, 430 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: he brought water out of a rock. He caused Isaac 431 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: to prosper in a famine, Sarah to have a baby 432 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:03,159 Speaker 1: at ad four leopards to defeat a huge army. He 433 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: knows how to get you to your destiny. And in 434 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: difficult times, when life is not fair, when we've made mistakes, 435 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: gone through disappointments, that's when it's easy to get discouraged 436 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,160 Speaker 1: give up on that dream. You have to remember who 437 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: you are father. Thank you that I am your child, 438 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 1: that you have me in the palm of your hand, 439 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: that you are making ways where I don't see away, 440 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: that you will get me to where I'm supposed to be. 441 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: When we greet people, we often ask how are you? 442 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: If we were honest, sometimes we'd answer I'm lonely, I'm 443 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: fighting an illness, I've been through a loss, I'm in 444 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: a belly of a well. That's how you are, but 445 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: that's not who you are. Circumstances may have taken your how. 446 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: The good news is they couldn't take your who. You 447 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 1: may have been through disappointments, bad breaks, loss that didn't 448 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 1: affect your identity. You are still his child. You are 449 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 1: still blessed, you are still favored, You are still forgiven. 450 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 1: You still have an awesome destiny to fulfill. Quit worrying 451 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,880 Speaker 1: about the how and start focusing on the who. If 452 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: You'll do this, I believe and declare life with Mary. 453 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,199 Speaker 1: The power of the Most High is about to overtake you. 454 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: Dreams that look impossible are about to come to pass. 455 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: Problems that seem permanent are about to turn around. Healing 456 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: is coming, breakthroughs are coming, Freedom is coming. The fullness 457 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,919 Speaker 1: of your destiny in Jesus's name, and if you receive it, 458 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: can you say him in Today? I'd like to give 459 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,679 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 460 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 461 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 462 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 463 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,120 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. 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