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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 37 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 38 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 6: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 39 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 6: the ministry. 40 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 41 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 42 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 6: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 43 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 6: your life. 44 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 4: God bless you. 45 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 6: It's great to be with you today, and if you're 46 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 6: ever in our area, please stop buy and be a 47 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 6: part of one of our services. 48 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 4: I'll promise you. 49 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 6: We'll make you feel right at home to start with 50 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 6: something funny. And I heard about this pastor. He was 51 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 6: raising money for a new sanctuary, and he told his congregation, 52 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 6: I've got good news and I've got bad news. The 53 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 6: good news is we have plenty of money for our 54 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 6: new sanctuary. The bad news is it's still in your pockets. 55 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 6: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 56 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 6: I am what it says I am. I have what 57 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 6: it says I have. I can do what it says 58 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 6: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 59 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 6: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 60 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 6: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name. 61 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 4: God bless you. 62 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about distinctive favor. 63 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 6: There's something God has put on you that causes you 64 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 6: to be different. It's a favor that makes a distinction 65 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 6: between you and those that don't honor God. The scripture 66 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 6: talks about how you've been called out, set apart. You 67 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 6: are a peculiar peace, a better word, a different people. 68 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 6: You're not ordinary, You're not like everyone else. You've been 69 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 6: marked with a distinction. Says in numbers that God's face 70 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 6: will shine down. 71 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 4: On you and cause you to stand out. 72 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 6: This distinctive favor causes you to prosper when others are struggling. 73 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 6: You recover from a difficulty when others get stuck. You 74 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 6: have protection when others face calamity. 75 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 4: There's a marked difference. You have an advantage. 76 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 6: You're not doing life just by yourself, just your strength, 77 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 6: your talent, your connections. There is a force breathing behind you, 78 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 6: guiding you, protecting you, favoring you. 79 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 4: The most High. God has set you apart. 80 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 6: He could have chosen anyone, but he hand picked you, 81 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 6: called you out, said that's one of mine. 82 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 4: Right now. His face is shining down on you. 83 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 6: Don't go through life thinking that your average you could 84 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 6: never accomplish your dreams. Put your shoulders back, hold your 85 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 6: head up high. You're a part of the called out group. 86 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 4: God has set you up for a distinctively fevered at life. 87 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 6: That means for blessings that you didn't work for, for 88 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 6: promotion that you didn't deserve, for houses that you didn't build. 89 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 4: The scripture says for vineyards that you didn't plan. It's 90 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 4: not because of who you are, it's because of whose 91 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 4: you are. 92 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 6: You've been marked with favor when you realize this, You'll 93 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 6: pray bold prayers, You'll dream big dreams. You'll expect things 94 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 6: to happen for you that may not happen for others. 95 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 6: When others are afraid and upset and worried. You'll be 96 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 6: at peace knowing that you've been set apart, that there's 97 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 6: a hedge around you, that the enemy cannot. 98 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 4: Cross distinctive favor. 99 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 6: When the Israelites were in slavery, God told Moses to go, 100 00:04:58,360 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 6: tell Pharaoh to let the people go. 101 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 4: Pharaoh wouldn't listen. He kept refusing. 102 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 6: God sent plague after plague on Pharaoh and his people. 103 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 6: Their water supply was turned to blood. Millions of flies, 104 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 6: swarms of locusts ate up their crops, destroyed their land, made. 105 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 4: Their lives miserable. 106 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 6: But what's interesting is the Israelites, some two million people, 107 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 6: live right next door, but these plagus never affected them. 108 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 6: At one point, there were hordes of frogs everywhere. Pharaoh's 109 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 6: people looked frogs in their homes, frogs in their food, 110 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 6: frogs in their bed. They were so frustrated. But on 111 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 6: the Israeli side there were no frogs. Life went on 112 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 6: as usual. Pharaoh still wouldn't change his mind. God was 113 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 6: about to send swarms of flies into their houses, but 114 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 6: in Exodus chapter eight, God said to Pharaoh, I will 115 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 6: deal differently with the land where my people live. 116 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 4: No swarms of flies will be there. 117 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 6: I will make a distinction between you and my people. 118 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 6: Millions and millions of flies came into Pharaoh's palace in 119 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 6: all the houses, flies so dense you couldn't see, couldn't eat, 120 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 6: couldn't sleep. Their land was ruined by flies. But right 121 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 6: next door, the Israelites had no flies. I can hear 122 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 6: them saying, I'll let you borrow my flyswater. We don't 123 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 6: need it over here. Didn't make sense in the natural. 124 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 6: It was the hand of God putting a distinction on 125 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 6: his people. God has put that same distinction on you 126 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 6: when he breathed life into you. He marked you for favor. 127 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 6: March you for blessing. March you to stand out. What 128 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 6: will defeat others. 129 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 4: Won't be able to defeat you. 130 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 6: This is why you don't have to live worried, worried 131 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 6: about your safety, worried about your future, worried. 132 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 4: About your children. 133 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 6: Where there's so many negative things in the world, so 134 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 6: much crime and violence, it may be happening all around you, 135 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 6: but you have an advantage. 136 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 4: God has put a distinction on you. 137 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 6: The Psalm has said, a thousand may fall at my side, 138 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 6: ten thousand hit my right hand. 139 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 4: But it will not come near me. 140 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 6: God has a hedge of protection around you and your family. 141 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 4: For the enemy to get to you, he has to 142 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 4: ask God for permission. 143 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 6: Now I'm not saying negative things will never happen. That's 144 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 6: not reality. I'm saying you are protected by the one 145 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 6: who controls it all. If God does allow it to happen, 146 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 6: He's promised that somehow he will turn it and use 147 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 6: it for your good. Fhro still wouldn't let the people go, 148 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 6: and Moses told him there's about to be a plague 149 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 6: on all your livestock, your horses, camels. 150 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 4: Goats, and sheeps. 151 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 6: But again, like the first time, the scripture says, God 152 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 6: put a distinction on the livestock of the Israelites and 153 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 6: the livestock of Phoh's people, so that not one animal 154 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 6: of the Israelites died. Notice a distinction even on your property. 155 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 4: Your house, your car, your belongings. 156 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 6: The next day, just like God said, all of their 157 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 6: oppressor's life stock died, but not one animal belonging to 158 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 6: the Israelites, and I'm sure some of. 159 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 4: Pharaoh's people thought, that's it. I'm going to the Israeli side. 160 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 6: These frogs, flies, locus, they're making my life miserable. They 161 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 6: move over to their land, set up a temporary home, 162 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 6: but everywhere they go the plagues followed them. It wasn't 163 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 6: where the Israelites were that kept them from the plagues, 164 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 6: it was what was on them, the distinction, the favor, 165 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 6: the blessing that comes from being a child of the 166 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 6: Most High God. Friends, you and I have that same blessing. 167 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 6: We may have things around us that could harm us, 168 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 6: keep us from our dreams, bring us down. 169 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 4: Stay in faith. 170 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 6: There is a distinction on your life, on your property, 171 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 6: on your children, on your career, on your health, put 172 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 6: there by the creator of the universe. Growing up, a 173 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 6: friend of ours was a successful businessman. He owned thousands 174 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 6: of acres of orange groves, and one winter it was 175 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 6: predicted they were going to have a hard freeze that 176 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 6: was unusual in that part of the country. 177 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 4: It never froze there, and he. 178 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 6: Knew that would destroy all of his crops, cost him 179 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 6: thousands of dollars. In the natural there was nothing he 180 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 6: could do. That's what all the circumstances said. But he 181 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 6: understood this principle that God had put a distinction on 182 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 6: his property, that God had a hedge around his business. 183 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 6: And instead of being defeated, thinking oh, great, bad luck 184 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 6: this year, he went out and walked all around his 185 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 6: orange groves and thanked God that they would live, thanked 186 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 6: him that they wouldn't freeze, that he would have a 187 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 6: harvest that year. When the other farmers that lived around 188 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 6: him heard what he did, that he prayed for his trees, 189 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 6: they thought he was so strange, so far out, They. 190 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 4: Made fun ridiculed him. 191 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 6: The next day, the big freeze came in lasted a 192 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 6: little over twenty four hours. The other farmers were very discouraged, 193 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 6: trying to figure out how they were going to make 194 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 6: a living. 195 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 4: Not having a harvest that year. 196 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 6: But a couple of weeks later, it was the most 197 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 6: unusual sight. Our friends property, hundreds and hundreds of acres 198 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:23,199 Speaker 6: had the most. 199 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 4: Beautiful, healthy orange. 200 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 6: Trees, but the properties next to him, on all four sides, 201 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 6: their trees were totally dead. It was like somebody put 202 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 6: a blanket over his property. 203 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 4: Even the other farmers were so amazed. 204 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 6: Instead of making fun of him, They said, next time, 205 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 6: will you pray for our crops as well? 206 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 4: And I know some people will think, joy, it's just 207 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 4: a lucky break. 208 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 6: That's just the way the clouds must have formed that day, 209 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 6: just the way the winds must have blown. Now, that 210 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 6: was a hand of God putting a distinction on his property. 211 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 6: That was God's face shining down on him. God has 212 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 6: put this distinction on you. Don't talk yourself out of it. Well, 213 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 6: business is kind of slow. A couple of my coworkers 214 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 6: got laid off. I don't see how I could get 215 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 6: out of debt. 216 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 4: Your job is not your source. God is your source. 217 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 6: The economy doesn't determine whether or not you're blessed. 218 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 4: God does. He has already marked you for favor. 219 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 6: He's already put this distinction on your life. Dare to 220 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 6: pray bold prayers, believe for unusual favor. 221 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 4: Take the limits off of God. You've been set apart. 222 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 6: A lady told me how she was having her best 223 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 6: year in her career. She works in some kind of 224 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 6: cells and her whole industry in general was down. 225 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 4: They were going through a transition. 226 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 6: Her coworkers were struggling, her competitors were way down, but 227 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 6: she said, it seems like every time I turn around, 228 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 6: a new account is finding me. She told how three 229 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 6: or four times she was at the right place at 230 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 6: the right time, expectedly business dropped into her lap. She 231 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 6: made the statement, Jeel, I'm supposed to go out and 232 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,959 Speaker 6: find new customers, but it's like new customers are always 233 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 6: finding me. Psalm thirty seven says even in famine, the 234 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 6: righteous will have more than enough, even in a downtime, 235 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 6: because she's the righteous. 236 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 4: Because she has this distinction, she see an increase in favor. 237 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 4: Here's the key. 238 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 6: As long as you stay close to God, as long 239 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 6: as you keep him first place, you are connected to 240 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 6: a supply line that will never run dry. 241 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,359 Speaker 4: Even in a slow economy. 242 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 6: God will cause clients to find you even when the 243 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 6: medical report says no way. You are connected to a 244 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 6: supply line filled with health, wholeness, restoration. When you don't 245 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,439 Speaker 6: see how you could accomplish your dreams, don't get discouraged. 246 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 6: You have a supply line connected with good breaks the 247 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 6: right people ideas creativity. I have friends that live in 248 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 6: another state and they were trying to sell their home, 249 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 6: but the housing market in their area was very depressed. 250 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 6: A large company had gone out of business, and that's 251 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 6: where many of the people worked and lived. Now there 252 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 6: was a surplus of homes on the market. On their 253 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 6: street alone, there were twelve houses for sale. The average 254 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 6: time for a house to sell back then was a 255 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 6: year and a half. Their realtor had already told them, 256 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 6: don't be in a hurry. This is going to be 257 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 6: a long drawn out process and the value could go 258 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 6: down and down. 259 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 4: In the natural. It didn't look good. 260 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 6: But instead of expecting the worst, thinking it would never sell, 261 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 6: this young couple was bold enough to believe, like the Israelites, 262 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 6: that God had put a distinction on their property. Every 263 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 6: morning they said, Father, thank you that you're causing our 264 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 6: house to stand out. Thank you that people are being 265 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 6: drawn to it. Six weeks after they put it on 266 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 6: the market, they received a contract and sold it. At closing, 267 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 6: they were talking to the new owners. They told how 268 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 6: they had looked at many different properties, even houses that 269 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 6: were of better value in a better location. But they said, 270 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 6: when we came to your house, there was just something 271 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 6: different about it. We felt a peace, We knew it 272 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 6: was supposed to be ours. What is that distinctive favor God? 273 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 4: Causing it to stand out. 274 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 6: I wonder what would happen if you would get up 275 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 6: every morning and say, Father, thank you that your face 276 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 6: is shining down on me, thank you that you put 277 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 6: a distinction on my life. All the circumstances may say otherwise, 278 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 6: you'll never get well, you'll never meet the. 279 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 4: Right person in your house is never going to sell. 280 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 4: Don't believe those lives. 281 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 6: You have to have a boldness like this young couple, 282 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 6: to believe that there's something different about you, that you 283 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 6: have a right to be blessed. You have a right 284 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 6: to see favor, not arrogantly, but in you melody, knowing 285 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 6: that because of who you are, a child of the 286 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 6: Most High, he has set you apart. He's put favor 287 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 6: on you that causes you to stand out. 288 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 4: Like the Israelites. 289 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 6: God has put a distinction on your life, on your property, 290 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 6: on your career. 291 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 4: You have an advantage. 292 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 6: If you'll get this down in your spirit, you'll start 293 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 6: praying these Bowld prayers and believing for things that seem impossible. 294 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 4: This is what my father did. 295 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 6: He tried for many years to build a new sanctuary, 296 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 6: but every time he tried to move forward, he felt 297 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 6: an unrest knew it wasn't the right time. Nineteen eighty six, 298 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 6: Houston was in one of the greatest recessions our city 299 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 6: had ever seen. Businesses were going bankrupt, people were struggling. 300 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 6: My father had just been released from the hospital after 301 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 6: having open heart surgery. It's a few weeks before Christmas. 302 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 6: It looked like the worst time to start any project, 303 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 6: especially the worst time to try. 304 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 4: To raise funds. 305 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 6: But deep down he could hear God telling him to 306 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 6: do it right then, God, that doesn't make sense. 307 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 4: This is a down time. 308 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 6: People aren't going to have extra income. How can we possibly. 309 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 4: Raise these funds? 310 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 6: He heard God whisper, son, I want you to do 311 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 6: it now so people will know it's me and not 312 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 6: anybody else. God likes to do unuse your things in 313 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 6: your life so that he will get the credit. A 314 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 6: year and a half later, they dedicated that new six 315 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 6: million dollar auditorium, totally debt free, even in a down economy. 316 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 6: Even when critics said, no way, the circumstances said, it's 317 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 6: not going to happen, God said, don't worry. It may 318 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 6: be that way in the natural, but I'm a supernatural God. 319 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 6: I put a distinction on you that will cause you 320 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 6: to defy the odds, to have more. 321 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 4: Than enough, even in famine. 322 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 6: In the scripture, Joseph went through a lot of bad breaks. 323 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 6: He was betrayed by his brother, sold into slavery, put 324 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 6: in prison for something that he didn't do for thirteen years. 325 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 4: You could say he was in a famine. He could 326 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 4: have been better. 327 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 6: Negative, God, why did you let this happen to me? 328 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 6: But Joseph understood this principle. Despite the opposition, he kept 329 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 6: being his best, no matter how much people tried to 330 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 6: push him down, he kept rising to the top. He 331 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 6: worked for a man by the name of Potterphar. Joseph 332 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 6: was so excellent in what he did. He had such 333 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 6: a good attitude, Potterphar put him in charge of his household. 334 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:37,360 Speaker 6: The scripture says Potterphar noticed the Lord was with Joseph, 335 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 6: giving him success in everything that he did. 336 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 4: Potterphar saw the distinction. 337 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 6: God wants to bless you in such a way where 338 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 6: people notice. He wants to show out in your life, 339 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 6: where people say, you mean you sold your house in 340 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 6: six weeks when it should have taken a year and 341 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 6: a half. You mean all the orange groves froze. 342 00:17:58,960 --> 00:17:59,399 Speaker 4: But yours. 343 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 6: Didn't You mean you built the sanctuary in the middle 344 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 6: of a recession, Joel, You mean your mother had terminal 345 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 6: cancer in nineteen eighty one. 346 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:08,879 Speaker 4: But she's still alive today. 347 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 6: You mean you're having church in the former compact center. 348 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 6: That's what distinctive favor does. 349 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:17,360 Speaker 4: Causes you to stand out. 350 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 6: You may have seen some of this in the past, 351 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 6: but you need to get ready. 352 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 4: You haven't seen anything yet. God is about to do. 353 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 6: Some things in your life that are going to make 354 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 6: you notice. 355 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 4: People are going to see. 356 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 6: Wasn't just your talent, your ability, your connections. It was 357 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 6: the hand of God opening doors that no man can open, 358 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 6: taking you where you could. 359 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 4: Not go on your own. 360 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 6: The scripture says, God begin to bless Potiphar for Joseph's sake. 361 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 6: Because of the distinction on Joseph's life, people around him 362 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 6: begin to get blessed. Your company should be glad to 363 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 6: have you at work when you get there. The blessing 364 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,239 Speaker 6: gets there when you show up. Favor shows up. Some 365 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 6: of your friends, relatives, coworkers, they don't even know they're 366 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 6: being blessed because of you. Well, what's interesting is Joseph 367 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 6: was a slave. He didn't have a prestigious position. He's 368 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 6: taking care of the house, doing repairs, mowing, cleaning. On 369 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 6: the other hand, Potterphar, he was one of the highest 370 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 6: ranking military officials of that day. People looked up to him, 371 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 6: saluted him, did whatever he asked. You would think that 372 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 6: Joseph would be blessed because of Potiphar's sake. 373 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 4: It's just the opposite what am I saying. 374 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 6: The distinction God put on you is more powerful than positions, 375 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 6: than titles, than education. When God's face is shining down 376 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 6: on you, You'll not only rise higher, but it's so powerful 377 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 6: that people even around you will begin to get blessed. 378 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 6: I know a man that used to do some consulting 379 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 6: work with us years ago, and we were a small 380 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 6: client compared to who he worked for. 381 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 4: He consulted for these. 382 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 6: Big fortune five hundred companies, really impressive resume. We got 383 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 6: to know each other and went out to lunch a 384 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,440 Speaker 6: couple of times, and about a year in he said, Joel, 385 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 6: ever since I started working for your ministry, my business 386 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 6: has gone to a new level. He named client after 387 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 6: client that he had picked up, big impressive names. He 388 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 6: turned to the associates standing next to us, and he said, 389 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 6: I like working for Joel. 390 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 4: He brings me good luck. 391 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 6: He called it luck, But I know it's the distinction 392 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 6: God put on our life. 393 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 4: It's the favor He's placed on you and me. 394 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 6: One time Abraham moved to a new country with his family, 395 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 6: his relatives, all his flocks and herds, and he found 396 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 6: this beautiful piece of land, luscious green pastures, peaceful ponds. 397 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 4: It looked like a postcard. 398 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 6: But in a few months he realized the land couldn't 399 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 6: sustain all the flocks and herds. He told his nephew 400 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 6: Lot to choose where he wanted to live, and Abraham 401 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 6: would go somewhere else, said he wanted to stay there. 402 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,919 Speaker 6: He chose the best part of the land. Abraham, instead 403 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 6: of arguing, he took the high road. He moved to 404 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 6: a different part of the country, but this time all 405 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 6: he could find was a place that was dry and 406 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 6: barren instead of lush, beautiful green pastures. Now it was 407 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 6: like the desert, rocks sand, very little water in the 408 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 6: natural Abraham should have struggled, seen his crops dry up, 409 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 6: his business go down to nothing, but it was just 410 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 6: the opposite. It wasn't any time before his flocks and 411 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 6: herds multiplied so much that that dry barren land was 412 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 6: turned to a beautiful oasis. In fact, the scripture talks 413 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 6: about he had so much that he became one of 414 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 6: the wealthiest men of that time. 415 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 4: Like Abraham. 416 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 6: Even if you're in the desert, because of the distinction 417 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 6: God put on you, you're still going to flourish. Your 418 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 6: location doesn't determine the blessing. What God put on you 419 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 6: determines the blessing. When He called you out, he marks 420 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 6: you for favor. Wherever you go, the blessing goes. Now, 421 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 6: you may not have the perfect job. People aren't treating 422 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 6: you right. You're not getting the credit you deserve. That's okay. 423 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 6: You're not working under people, You're working unto God. People 424 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 6: don't determine your destiny. God does keep being your best, 425 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 6: honoring God, And like Joseph, God will cause you to 426 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 6: be noticed. He'll cause you to stand out. Potiphar will 427 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 6: come looking for you at the right time. God will 428 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 6: either turn that around by promoting you, or he'll move 429 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 6: you somewhere else. 430 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 4: But the key is don't wait till you're out of 431 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,479 Speaker 4: the desert. Then you're gonna have a good attitude. Then 432 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 4: you're going to start being your best. 433 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 6: There's something on you right now that will cause you 434 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 6: to prosper in the middle of the desert. See, Lot 435 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 6: wasn't making good decisions, he wasn't honoring God. He was 436 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 6: blessed as long as Abraham was there. But when Abraham left, 437 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 6: the blessing left. Lot's fields dried up, his flocks went 438 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 6: down to nothing. He ended up leaving that place. Abraham 439 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 6: had to go and rescue him. Like Lot, there are 440 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 6: people God put in your life right now that are 441 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 6: being blessed because of you. They may never realize it, 442 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 6: they may never tell you thank you. 443 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 4: Don't worry. God is keeping the records. Those are seeds 444 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,439 Speaker 4: that you're so in. He'll make sure you are blessed 445 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 4: in a greater way. 446 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:35,439 Speaker 6: Back then, they would even pray to the God of Abraham. 447 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 6: When they saw how blessed Abraham was, how he flourished 448 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 6: even in the desert, they thought, if we can get 449 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 6: to his God, maybe will be blessed. God wants to 450 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 6: put such a distinction on you. He wants you to 451 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 6: stand out in such a way that people want what 452 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 6: you have. They say, I'm gonna pray to the God 453 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 6: of those people. 454 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 4: At Lakewood. 455 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 6: I'm gonna pray to the God of Robert, to the 456 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 6: God of Susan, to the God of Maria. 457 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:01,239 Speaker 4: Look at her. 458 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 6: She's so blessed, she's so faithful, she's so generous, she's 459 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 6: so talented. If I can get to her, God, I 460 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 6: believe I can be blessed. I received an email from 461 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 6: a lady named Ruby. One night after dinner, she and 462 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 6: her husband George, took out the leftovers and they were 463 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 6: playing with different recipes to make gumbo, trying different combinations, 464 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 6: different spices, just having fun seeing what they could create. 465 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 6: They came up with a recipe they liked so much 466 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 6: they started selling it door to door. 467 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 4: Was a big hit. Everyone loved it. 468 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 6: One night, they saw on television a commercial where this 469 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 6: large grocery store chain was looking for contestants for a 470 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 6: cooking competition. Whoever won would get to put their product 471 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,919 Speaker 6: up on the shelf. They sent their gumbo in and 472 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,719 Speaker 6: out of six hundred applications, they were notified that they 473 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 6: made it to the top twenty five. They were so 474 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 6: excited they kept praying and believing. A few months later 475 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 6: they announced the grand prize winner. Unfortunately, it wasn't them, 476 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 6: it was like the wind had been taken out of 477 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 6: their cells. They attend Lakewood and I'd just spoken about 478 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 6: how God strategically orchestrates our steps, how he doesn't always 479 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 6: take us in sequence from A to B to see. 480 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 6: Sometimes he'll take you two steps ahead, one steps back, 481 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 6: and then five steps forward. The key is you have 482 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 6: to trust Him in those times where it feels like 483 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 6: you're going the wrong direction. Several months later, Ruby was 484 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 6: in our Wednesday night service when she received a phone 485 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 6: call from her contact at that grocery store chain. 486 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 4: She went out and answered it. 487 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 6: They said, even though you didn't win, we like your 488 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 6: gumbo so much we still want to put it on 489 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 6: our shelves. They were thrilled. They couldn't believe it. But 490 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 6: part of this distinction is God wants to accelerate your 491 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 6: dreams coming to pass. He's going to speed things up, 492 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 6: make it happen fast than you thought. Two weeks ago, 493 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 6: the store called back and said, your gumbo is so great, 494 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 6: we would like for you to create for us a 495 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 6: whole food line and will help you get it started. 496 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,639 Speaker 6: They went from one night playing in their kitchen with 497 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 6: leftovers to less than a year later having the availability 498 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 6: to have a food line in one of the largest 499 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 6: grocery store chains around. Friends, God knows how to get 500 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 6: you noticed. His face is shining down on you right now. 501 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 6: He's put a distinction on your life, your property, your career, 502 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 6: your children. It's going to cause you to stand out. 503 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 6: It's going to open doors that you could never open. 504 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 6: It's going to bring opportunity, the right people, good breaks. 505 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 4: You're not doing life alone. 506 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 6: You have the most powerful force in the universe breathing 507 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 6: in your direction right now. You've been called out, set apart, 508 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 6: chosen to live a distinctively favored life. 509 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 4: Now do your part. Pray bold prayers, take the limits 510 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 4: off of God. 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