1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. God bless you. It's 6 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: great to be with you today, and I hope you'll 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: stay connected with us during the week to our daily podcast, 8 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: our YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit 9 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: us in person. We'd love to have you be a 10 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. I'd like to start 11 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: with something funny and I heard about this minister. He 12 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: was driving down the road when he got pulled over 13 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: by a policeman. The officer came to the window and 14 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: smelled alcohol. He saw a thermis. Says, sir, what are 15 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: you drinking. The minister said, just water. Officer, he has 16 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: to smell the thermis. He took one sniff, said this 17 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: smells like wine to me. The minister said, what do 18 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: you know. Jesus did it again. No, Jesus didn't do 19 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: it again. Here we go, y'all. He's my Bible. I 20 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: am what it says, I am, I have what it 21 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: says I have I can do what it says I 22 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 23 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 1: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 24 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 25 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 26 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: not shrinking back. We all go through times where there's 27 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: pressure in things pushing against us. It's easy to let fear, doubt, 28 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: intimidation cause us to shrink back to where we quit 29 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: believing for what God promised. But Hebrews ten says, we 30 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, 31 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: but to those who have faith and are saved. God 32 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: didn't create us to have a shrink back mentality. You 33 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: don't belong to that family. Your DNA doesn't have give 34 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: up too much, can't do it. You belong to the 35 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: mood time he's put in you, courage, endurance, favor. You 36 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: are not weak. You are a warrior. Don't believe those lives. 37 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: It is too much and it's been too long, is 38 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: never going to work out. That's the enemy trying to 39 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: convince you to shrink back. The scripture says, so you 40 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: will be destroyed. You will miss your destiny. How you 41 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: respond to the pressure in life will make you or 42 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: break you. How you deal with the giants, the opposition, 43 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: those times where everything in you says to settle is 44 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: not worth it, those are critical times. If you'll keep 45 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: pressing forward, believe in despite what's come against you, you 46 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: are passing. The test. On the other side is a 47 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: new level of your destiny. David was seventeen years old 48 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: when he took lunch to his brothers. They were in 49 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: the army. He heard Goliath taunting the Israelites. Goliath had 50 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: been doing this for forty days, once in the morning, 51 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: once in the evening. When the Israelites heard it, they 52 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: were so afraid they ran in hid. Thousands of soldiers 53 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: had put their destinies on hold at the mercy of 54 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: this one giant. Well, David was half his size, a shepherd, 55 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: he had no military training. But something rose up in David. 56 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: He said, in effect, I'm not like these other men. 57 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: I don't have a shrink backed spirit. I know who 58 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: I belonged to, I know what's in my DNA. While 59 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: the others were hiding the scripture, said, David ran quickly 60 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: toward Goliath. You'd think he'd want to sneak up on him, 61 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: catch him off guard. But when you know who you 62 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: are and who you are, you don't run from giants. 63 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: You run two giants. David slung that raw and brought 64 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: down Goliath. When you face obstacles that seem too big, 65 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: you feel pressure, thoughts you can't be to cancer. Just 66 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: learn to live with it, and you'll never be successful. 67 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: Nobody in your family is your child's not gonna make 68 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: good decisions. Just accept it. You're right where David was. 69 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: Maybe friends, family, they've shrunk back, they're on the sidelines. 70 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: Don't be like them. You don't belong to those who 71 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: shrink back. That's not who God created you to be. 72 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: There's courage in you, there's favor on your life to 73 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: bring down the giants. And the scripture talks about us 74 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: putting on the armor of God, the helmet of salvation, 75 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: breastplate of righteousness, belt of truth, shoes of peace, the 76 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: shield of faith, the sword of the spirit. What's interesting 77 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: is there's nothing for our backside, nothing to protect us 78 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 1: from the rear. That's because you were never designed to 79 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: run from the enemy, to retreat, to live intimidated. When 80 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: you shrink back you're leave in yourself open. It's more 81 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: danger than it is to face the opposition. That's why 82 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: the scripture says, stand firm in your faith and having 83 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: done all to stand. When you've done everything you can, 84 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: you prayed, believe, taking steps of faith. But the giant 85 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: is still there, still shouting insults. You still feel doubt 86 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 1: and uncertainty. Don't turn it round, just stand. Sometimes you 87 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: have to outlast the enemy. God wouldn't have allowed that 88 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: giant if it was gonna stop your purpose. It's not 89 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: going to keep you from your destiny, like David is 90 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: going to launch you into your destiny. Because David didn't 91 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: shrink back, he changed the course of his family line. 92 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: They were shepherds out in the desert, taking care of animals. 93 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: They had no influence, very little income. I'm sure David 94 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: thought there's got to be more to life than this. 95 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 1: He could feel those seeds of greatness as he looked around. 96 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,359 Speaker 1: He didn't see any way out. This is all he knew. 97 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: His seven brothers were in the army that day he 98 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: saw Goliath. They were shrinking back with the rest of 99 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: the army. They had been running and hiding for the 100 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: last forty days David's father didn't have much vision. He 101 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: didn't think David could do anything significant. He discounted him. 102 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: But everything changed when one person in that family made 103 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: this decision, I'm not shrinking back. Everyone else was afraid 104 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: accepting dysfunction. Not David. His attitude was, I am not 105 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: a shrink back person. I don't belong to that family. 106 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: I have the spirit of the Living God on the 107 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: inside of me. I was created to defeat giants, to 108 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: take new ground. He had this boldness, this courage to 109 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: stand strong and face things that others in his family 110 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: turned and head from. They backed away, but move forward 111 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:04,359 Speaker 1: in faith. You can be the David in your family. 112 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: Others may have back down. The addictions too strong. Everyone's depressed. 113 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: In my family. We've always struggled in our finances. Nobody 114 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: can stay married. That's just who we are. No someone 115 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: has to rise up and break the generational bondages. Someone 116 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: has to run to Goliath instead of running away. You 117 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: are that someone. You wouldn't be hearing this if God 118 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: didn't want you to set new standards. You can be 119 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: the first one in your family to be free from addictions, 120 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,239 Speaker 1: to say faithful in your marriage, to raise your family 121 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: in church, to start a business, to go to college, 122 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: to see your children flourish. You weren't created to shrink back. 123 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: You were created to take new ground. But when we've 124 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: seen a pattern of people that give up on dreams 125 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: and accept mediocrity, it can become normal to us. Where 126 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: when you encounter a goliath, an obstacle that looks too big, 127 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: you hear those threats like David's brothers, You've been conditioned 128 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: to shrink back. It's too much. I can't do that. 129 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: God is saying to you. You don't belong to shrink 130 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: back people. That's not who you are. You may have 131 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: been conditioned to think that way. The truth is you're 132 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: a David. You're a giant killer. You're a history maker. 133 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: Be strong and go after what God put in your heart. 134 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: It just takes one person to break a negative cycle 135 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: in your family. You can be the one to affect 136 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:46,679 Speaker 1: generations to come. You may be outnumbered, smaller, have less experience, 137 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: less equipment. That's where David was wasn't his size, his strength, 138 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,719 Speaker 1: his skill. It was the fact that he had the 139 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: courage to move toward the enemy when everyone else was retreating. 140 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: God saw his faith and breathe favor on his life. 141 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: He became a giant killer. That can be you. I'm 142 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: not looking at shrink back people. That's not who you 143 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: belong to. I've seen your birth certificate. You're a child 144 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 1: of the most High in your DNA is courage, endurance, faith, fortitude. 145 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: Stand strong, and you'll see God show out in your life. 146 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: A friend of mine was raised in a single parent 147 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: home in government housing. She didn't know her father and 148 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: her mother was never around. She didn't have any guidance. 149 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: She became pregnant at sixteen, had to drop out of school, 150 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: and it looked like this cycle of defeat would get 151 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: pass to the next generation. She found a job at 152 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:51,719 Speaker 1: a school cafeteria, punching meal tekets. Every thought told her 153 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: this is who you are. You're stuck here, nothing will change. 154 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: But deep down she heard something on the inside, and 155 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 1: you were made for more. This is not your destiny. 156 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: The enemy will try to convince you that the obstacles 157 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 1: are too big. There are no options, so just shrink back. 158 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: But if you'll listen closely, there's a still small voice 159 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: saying you were made for more. You have greatness in you. 160 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: You can set new standards. She had every reason to settle. 161 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: All the odds were against her, but she decided to 162 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: go back to school. Two years later, she got her ged. 163 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 1: That was good, but she wasn't satisfied. She enrolled in college. 164 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: She'd work all day, go to school at night. In 165 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: four years, she graduated with honors. She still wasn't satisfied. 166 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: She went back to school and got her master's degree. 167 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: She was then hired as a principal at the same 168 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: school where she worked in the cafeteria. God will do 169 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: amazing things if you don't shrink back. Are there areas 170 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: today where maybe you've settled, you quit believing for your 171 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 1: healing doesn't seem possible. Now you're not pursuing a dream. 172 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 1: Too many doors have closed. You've accepted. You won't get married, 173 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: won't break the addiction, won't get into college. This is 174 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 1: a call to action. No more hiding, hiding because of fear. 175 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: The giant looks too big. It's intimidating. You and God 176 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: are a majority. He has not brought you this far 177 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: to leave you. You have to get your fireback, get your 178 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: passion back, and start pursuing what He's put in your heart. 179 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: Those dreams have an expiration date. There are windows of opportunity. 180 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 1: You can't sit around nursing old wounds. And why did 181 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: this happen to me? And why did I go through 182 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 1: this loss? And I don't think I'll ever get out 183 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: of this problem. You need to check your birth certificate. 184 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: You don't belong to a shrink backed family if you 185 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: don't come from a dear retreat and hiding. Can't do 186 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: your DNA is full of courage, full of faith, full 187 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: of can do power. Don't be like all those others 188 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: in the army and run away from Goliath. Be a 189 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: David and run to Goliath. There was a man in 190 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: the scripture named Bartimaeus. He'd been blind since birth. He 191 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: was on the side of the road begging and asking 192 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 1: people for money, like he did every day. He heard 193 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: all this commotion, all this chatter, and asked what was 194 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: going on. They said, this teacher named Jesus is passing by. Well, 195 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: he had heard about Jesus and how he did all 196 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: kinds of miracles. So Bartimaeus started shouting, Jesus, son of David, 197 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:49,079 Speaker 1: have mercy on me. Again and again. The people around 198 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 1: him said, Bartimaeus, be quiet, quit yelling. You're making a 199 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: big scene, but the scripture says Bartimaeus shouted even louder. 200 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: He didn't have a drink back spirit. He had a bold, 201 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: courageous spirit. About that time, Jesus stopped, turned and looked 202 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 1: right at him. The people thought, all, great, you made 203 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: him mad. He's gonna cheer you out. Jesus smiled and said, 204 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: tell him to come to me. They couldn't believe it. 205 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: He said, Bartimaeus, he's not upset. He's calling for you. 206 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: Jesus said to him, what do you want me to 207 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: do for you? He said, Lord, I want to see. 208 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: Jesus said, go your way. Your faith has made you 209 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: hold Instantly he could see. But here's my point. I'm 210 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: sure there were other blind people on the road that day, 211 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: other sick people, those that needed favor and breakthroughs. But 212 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: he was the only one that was healed. Maybe the 213 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: others were complacent. Maybe at one time they believed they 214 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: took steps of faith, but it didn't work out. Now 215 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: they've settled. The difference was Bartimaeus didn't have a shrink 216 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: backed spirit. He kept believing despite being blind his whole life. 217 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: He kept calling out to Jesus despite others trying to 218 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,959 Speaker 1: talk him out of it. Jesus said, your faith has 219 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: made you haul. My question is are you releasing your faith? 220 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: Are you stretching, praying, expecting, or have you gotten complacent, 221 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: accepting mediocrity, living with dysfunction. Shake off that shrink backed 222 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: spirit and start pursuing what God put in your heart. 223 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: My father gave his life to Christ at seventeen years old, 224 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: the first one in the family. He felt God calling 225 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: him to become a pastor, and this was totally new 226 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 1: to them. They knew nothing about faith. They were very poor, 227 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: they had lost everything during the Great Depression, and he 228 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: told his parents he was going to leave the farm 229 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: and become a minister. They said, John, you don't know 230 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: how to pastors. All you know how to do is 231 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: work on the farm. You could get there and fail. 232 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: They were good people, but they had a limited mindset. 233 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: People that are living small lives will try to convince 234 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: you to live small. Family members that have shrunk back 235 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: will try to talk you into shrinking back. You have 236 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: to be like Barnabas and break out of that bold 237 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: have the boldness to take steps of faith. That's what 238 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: my father did. He had to hitchhike, but he left 239 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: the farm and he went out and began to minister. 240 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: That was the start to more than fifty years of 241 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: pastoring and ministry all over the world. But had Daddy 242 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: shrunk back, we wouldn't be here today. Where God is 243 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: calling you is going to take greater faith, greater courage. 244 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: People may not understand and try to talk you out 245 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: of it. There will be giants that look bigger. You'll 246 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: be tempted to retreat. I don't want that pressure. You 247 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: have to be strong. God is raised you up for 248 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: this time. He's empowered you with his spirit. It's not 249 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: a spirit to quit, a spirit to settle, a spirit 250 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: to run and hide. It's a spirit of power, a 251 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: spirit to outlast, a spirit to bring down giants, to 252 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: break generational limitations, to accomplish more than you thought possible. 253 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: Think about the three Hebrew teenagers Shadrak, Nijak, a bendigo. 254 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: They wouldn't bow down to the king's golden idol, and 255 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: they worship only Jehovah. When the king got word, he 256 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: was furious. He said, I'm gonna give you one more chance. 257 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: If you don't vow, if you don't shrink back like 258 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: everyone else, I'm gonna throw you into a fiery furnace. Well, 259 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: they had emotions just like us. They felt fear, intimidation, 260 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: no doubt, panic set in. Man, this is life or death. 261 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: Everything in them said to back down, retreat, it's not 262 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: worth it. This battle was taking place in their mind, 263 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: and they could have said, all right, King, we changed 264 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 1: our mind. We're going to bow. It's always easier to 265 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: shrink back. It's easier to get out from under the pressure, 266 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: quit believing, not have to stand strong. But to reach 267 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: your destiny, you have to do the hard thing. If 268 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: it was easy, everyone would do it. God is looking 269 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: for people that won't be intimidated by the threats, won't 270 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 1: back down because of fear, won't give up because of 271 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: the disappointment, or because the giant is bigger. Be a David, 272 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: do the hard thing. What I found is when you 273 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 1: do what's difficult, there's a grace that empowers you, a 274 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: favor that enables you. It won't be as hard as 275 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: it looks. God will show up and breathe on your life, strength, courage. 276 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: He'll make ways where you don't see a way. He'll 277 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 1: turn your slingshot into a mighty weapon that brings down giants. 278 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: These teenagers said, we're sorry, King, but we are not 279 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: going to bow down. We know our God will deliver us. 280 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: But here's the key. They went on to say, but 281 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 1: even if he doesn't, we're still not gonna bow That's 282 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: a powerful attitude. God. We would rather honor you and 283 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 1: lose our life than shrink back and keep our life, 284 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: because if you shrink back, you can't become who you 285 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:32,400 Speaker 1: were created to be. And this takes trust, because sometimes 286 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,199 Speaker 1: we think I want shrink back. As long as I 287 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: know it's gonna work out my way, I'll face Goliath 288 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: as long as I know I'm gonna defeat him. We'll 289 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: go after the compact center, as long as we know 290 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: we're gonna get it. That doesn't take any faith. God 291 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: will ask you to go into the unknown, where there's uncertainty. 292 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: You don't know how it's gonna work out. You're saying, God, 293 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: my life is in your hands. I'm gonna keep pressing 294 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: forward despite this giant, being so much vigor knowing that 295 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: you have the final say that what you purpose for 296 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 1: my life will come to pass. If the giant would 297 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: have defeated David, David would have finished his course, he 298 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: would have died in faith if the fire consumed these teenagers, 299 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 1: they would have fulfilled their destiny. As long as you're 300 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 1: pursuing God's purpose, doing what He's put in your heart, 301 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: then it's up to him to protect you, to favor you, 302 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 1: to move you into your destiny. The king heated up 303 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 1: the fire seven times hotter than normal. He wanted to 304 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: make sure they were quickly killed. What he didn't realize 305 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: was he was setting them up for a bigger miracle. 306 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 1: Sometimes the enemy overplays his hand. God will let the 307 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 1: odds be against you in a greater way on purpose. 308 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: Goliath could have been a typical tall man, someone big, 309 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: maybe six foot five, muscular, he still would have towered 310 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: over David was small, But Goliath stood over nine feet tall. 311 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: His armor weighed one hundred and twenty five pounds. He 312 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: was almost twice dated size. That wasn't a coincidence. God 313 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: let Goliath be so much bigger. He let the fire 314 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: be seven times hotter, so that when he turned it 315 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: around there would be no doubt. It was the hand 316 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: of Almighty God, his power at work. They threw these 317 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: teenagers into the fire. Of course, they should have burned 318 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: up quickly, but the king looked in and said, didn't 319 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 1: we throw three men in the fire? I see four men, 320 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: and one looks like the son of God. They came 321 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:44,360 Speaker 1: out without the smell of smoke. The king said, from 322 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: now on, we're all going to worship the god of 323 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: shadreck Mijak of Indigo. Amazing things happen when you don't 324 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: shink back. You'll be protected in the fire, you'll defeat giants, 325 00:20:55,840 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 1: you'll overcome impossible situations. Act. Peter and John were going 326 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: to the temple one afternoon and there was a crippled 327 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: man lying at the gate, and he asked them for money. 328 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 1: Peter said, I don't have any silver or gold, but 329 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: I have something better in the name of Jesus, Rise 330 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: and walk. The men was instantly healed. He went around dancing, 331 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 1: thanking God. Well. It created a big stir. People had 332 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: seen the men there for years, crippled, begging. Now he 333 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: was perfectly healthy. You would think they'd be excited, so happy, 334 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: but the religious leaders didn't like it. There will always 335 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: be people that find fault. You can do a good thing, 336 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:46,199 Speaker 1: but someone won't understand. They'll be jealous, try to discredit you. 337 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 1: The leaders had the temple guards arrest Peter and John 338 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: and put them in jail. They brought them out the 339 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: next morning and said, by what power or by what 340 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,640 Speaker 1: name did you do this? They thought they were trapping 341 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: Peter in John. But this was a divine setup. Peter said, 342 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 1: let me be clear. This man was healed by the 343 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 1: power of the name of Jesus, the man you crucified, 344 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:16,199 Speaker 1: who God raised from the dead. Those leaders didn't know 345 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,919 Speaker 1: what to do with Peter and John. They've seen a 346 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: great miracle. They couldn't deny it. They said in verse seventeen, 347 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: perhaps we can stop this from spreading any further. We'll 348 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 1: warn them to not speak in the name of Jesus anymore. 349 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 1: They called them in, said no more teaching, praying, talking 350 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: about that name. Peter and John had to make a decision. 351 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: Are we going to shrink back be intimidated? Let these 352 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: people silence us. I can imagine the spirit of God 353 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,919 Speaker 1: rising up on the inside, saying, you don't belong to 354 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: shrink back people. You belong to those who have courage, 355 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: who have faith. They said to the leaders, do you 356 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 1: think God wants to to obey him or to obey you? 357 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: We cannot stop talking about the wonderful things we have 358 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: seen they released Peter and John. They went to the 359 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: other believers and told them what happened. They prayed in 360 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: verse twenty nine, Lord, you have heard their threats. Now 361 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: give your servants greater boldness, send your healing, your miracles 362 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: in greater ways. When they got through praying, the scripture 363 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: says the building where they were meeting begin to shake, 364 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 1: and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. We 365 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: are living in a time where some people don't want 366 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: to hear about God faith hope. They've never experienced his goodness. 367 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: They'll try to silence you and intimidate you, and it's 368 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,399 Speaker 1: tempting to shrink Mac and I don't want to be 369 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: out of place. No, let your light shine. We need 370 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: to pray like Peter. God, give us greater boldness, let 371 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: us see your favor in greater ways. People can try 372 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: to discredit what you say, but they can't discredit what 373 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: they see. Those leaders didn't want to believe in Peter 374 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 1: and John. They tried to discredit him, but they could 375 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: not deny this crippled man was up walking. When people 376 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: see the miracles, when they see us here in the 377 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 1: former Compact center, when they saw my mother live forty 378 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: four years after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. They can't 379 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:32,199 Speaker 1: deny that God is going to make you an example 380 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 1: of his goodness. He's gonna let his favor shine through 381 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: you in a greater way, so there won't be any 382 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,479 Speaker 1: doubt that you belong to him. It's significant that this 383 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: verse about not shrinking back is the last verse in 384 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 1: chapter ten of Hebrews Well. Chapter eleven is where all 385 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 1: the heroes of faith are listed. God is saying, if 386 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,360 Speaker 1: you want shrink back, you'll make it into chapter eleven. 387 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 1: You'll become a hero of faith, breaking generational bondages, setting 388 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: new standards. Are there areas in your life you've gotten complacent, 389 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: become stagnant. This is not the time to shrink back. 390 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: This is the time to take new ground. You have 391 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: to stir your faith, get your passion back. You may 392 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: have gone through disappointments a door closed, but everything good 393 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: in your life is not behind you. It's in front 394 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: of you. Don't settle because of what didn't work out. 395 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 1: This is a new day. God is doing new things. 396 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 1: You don't belong to a shrink back family. In your 397 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,360 Speaker 1: DNA is the courage of Esther, a young woman who 398 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: saved the Jewish people. The boldness of David, who brought 399 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 1: down a giant, the faith of Abraham who believed without 400 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: see the endurance of Sarah who gave birth at ninety 401 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: years old, the favor of marrying who had a child 402 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 1: without knowing a man, The power of a life Aijah 403 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,200 Speaker 1: who called down fire from heaven. The strength of Senson, 404 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,880 Speaker 1: who defeated a whole army by himself. That's who you are. 405 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: A history maker, a giant killer. Be strong, be courageous, 406 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: and go after what God put in your heart. If 407 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 1: you'll do this, I believe and declare, like Barnimaeus, your 408 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 1: faith is going to make you whole, healing favor, breakthroughs 409 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 1: like David. Giants are about to come down. Like Peter, 410 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 1: you will see greater favor that people cannot deny in 411 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 1: Jesus's name. And if you receive it, can you say amen? 412 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 413 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 1: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 414 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 415 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: into my heart. 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