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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 3: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 3: put God's very best in your life. Oh God, bless you. 38 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 3: It's always a joy to come into your homes and 39 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 3: spend a few minutes with you. We love you, We 40 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 3: know God has great things in store. And if you're 41 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 3: ever in our area, please stop buying be a part 42 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 3: of one of our services. I promise you it will 43 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 3: make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 44 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 3: for tuning in and thanks again for coming out today. 45 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 3: I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard 46 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 3: about these two men named Archie and Jack. They argued 47 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 3: their whole life as to whether Jesus was white or 48 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 3: whether he was black. Jack was certain he was black, 49 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 3: and Archie was just as certain he was white. As 50 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 3: fate would have it, they both died on the same day. 51 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 3: They rushed to the pearly gates and said, Saint Peter, please, 52 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 3: we've been arguing our whole life. Tell Us, is Jesus 53 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 3: white or is he black? About that time, Jesus walked 54 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 3: up and said, Buenos dias, all right, hold up your bible. 55 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 3: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 56 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 3: I am what it says. I am. I have what 57 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 3: it says I have. I can do what it says 58 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:03,119 Speaker 3: I can do. Today the word of God, I boldly confess. 59 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 3: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 60 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 3: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 61 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about putting action 62 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 3: behind your faith. It's one thing to pray about a situation. 63 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 3: It's one thing to believe that we're going to get better. 64 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 3: And that's good praying believing, hoping. That's all a part 65 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 3: of faith. But there's another step that we so often 66 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 3: leave out. Now I believe it's one of the keys 67 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 3: to seeing God do great things. You have to put 68 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 3: action behind your faith. You have to do something to 69 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 3: show God that you're serious about what you're believing. For. 70 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 3: You can pray all day long, God, get me out 71 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 3: of this problem. God give me this promotion. God help 72 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 3: me to get well, and that's fine. But if you 73 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 3: really want to get God's attention, if you want to 74 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 3: see God move in amazing ways, and take it one 75 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 3: step further and do something to demonstrate your faith. In 76 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 3: other words, you may have an addiction, but are you 77 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 3: going to a recovery program? Are you in a support group? 78 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 3: That's a faith that God can see. Maybe you lost 79 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 3: your job, do you have your resume? Are you out 80 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 3: knocking on new doors. Maybe your spouse is not treating 81 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 3: you right. Are you treating them the same way or 82 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 3: are you treating them the way you want to be treated. 83 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 3: That's what allows God to do the extraordinary. Now. I 84 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:35,679 Speaker 3: know people that are down in discourage. They pray and pray, God, 85 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 3: please get me out of this discouragement. God give me 86 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 3: my joy back. God give me a new beginning. It's 87 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 3: good to pray, but what really causes God to act 88 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 3: is when you get back up again, dust yourself off, 89 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 3: put your shoulders back, and say, you know what, I'm 90 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 3: not going to stay down. This is the day the 91 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 3: Lord has made. I Am going to be happy and 92 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 3: have a great day. That's putting action behind your faith. 93 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,799 Speaker 3: I talked to a gentleman that had struggled with smoking 94 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 3: since he was in high school. He looked to be 95 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 3: in his mid forties. Every day for the last ten years, 96 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 3: he has smoked three packs of cigarettes just like clockwork, 97 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 3: without even thinking about it, he would go through the 98 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 3: exact same amount. He wanted to stop. He had the desire, 99 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 3: and he'd been praying and believing. He even had friends 100 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 3: and family members praying and supporting him as well, but 101 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 3: he just couldn't seem to do it. But one day 102 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 3: he heard this principle that you have to put action 103 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:37,559 Speaker 3: behind your faith, and he did something extremely simple. Every 104 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,559 Speaker 3: time he opened a new pack of cigarettes, he would 105 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 3: immediately throw three away, just something to say, God, I'm trying. 106 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 3: I'm not just asking for your help, I'm not just believing. 107 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 3: I'm going to be free. Not just hoping that one 108 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 3: day i'll quit. No, God, I'm going to take it 109 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 3: one step further. I'm going to show you I mean 110 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 3: business by putting action behind what I'm believing for. Doesn't 111 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 3: have to be something big, just something where God can 112 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 3: see your faith. He threw those three away, and a 113 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 3: couple of months he realized he didn't miss them. He 114 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 3: decided to double it. He started throwing away six. Eventually 115 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 3: he got to where he could eliminate a whole pack. 116 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 3: That was a little over three years ago. Today he 117 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 3: is completely free, he said, Joela, I haven't felt this 118 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 3: great in over thirty years. Here's my point. He could 119 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 3: have prayed twenty four hours a day, he could have 120 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 3: believed for a lifetime, but the power came when he 121 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 3: took it one step further and showed God he meant 122 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 3: business by putting actions behind what he was believing for. 123 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 3: Are you doing anything to show God that you're serious. 124 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 3: God is not moved by our needs. He's concerned about 125 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 3: our needs, but God is moved by our faith. When 126 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 3: God sees you doing what you can to get well, 127 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 3: he sees you getting to work a little earlier because 128 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 3: you really want that promotion. When he sees you bypass 129 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 3: the cookie jar because you've been believing to lose weight. 130 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 3: Now I'm getting down to business. When he sees you 131 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 3: bite your tongue to keep the peace in your house. 132 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 3: When he sees you help others when you really need 133 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 3: more help than them, When God sees your faith, that's 134 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 3: when extraordinary things will begin to happen. Like this man, 135 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 3: you'll have a strength to overcome things you couldn't overcome before. 136 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 3: In the scripture, there was this man that was paralyzed. 137 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 3: He couldn't walk, and he just lie in his bed 138 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 3: at home all day long. One day he heard that 139 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 3: Jesus was in town at another house teaching people. He 140 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 3: convinced four of his friends to carry him on his 141 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 3: bed over to that house. The problem was when they 142 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 3: got there, the place was packed. It was so crowded 143 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 3: that they couldn't get in here. They'd gone to great 144 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 3: links to get this man there. I'm sure these four 145 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,559 Speaker 3: men were tired. I'm sure their back was probably hurting, 146 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 3: their shoulders were sore. They went all that way to 147 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 3: no avail. What a disappointment, What a let down They 148 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 3: could have easily gotten. Discouraged thought too bad it's not 149 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 3: going to happen. But not this paralyzed man. He was determined. 150 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 3: I can see his four friends turn and start to 151 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 3: take him home. He says, no, no, we're not going 152 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 3: home just yet. I'm not leaving until I get my miracle. 153 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 3: This man understood, you are closest to your victory when 154 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 3: you face the greatest opposition. A lot of people would 155 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,599 Speaker 3: have given up, Joel. I tried, but they told me no. 156 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 3: Tried to get my degree but the college was full. 157 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 3: Tried to get that new home but they wouldn't give 158 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 3: me a loan. Tried to go to Lakewood. That parking 159 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 3: lot was just too crowded. Listen, you gotta be more 160 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 3: determined than that. You have to have a never saved 161 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 3: die attitude. If you can't get in the door, why 162 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 3: don't you try the window. If you can't through the window, 163 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 3: why don't you be bold and try to go through 164 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 3: the roof. That's what this man did. What am I saying? 165 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 3: Don't quit trying. You are close to your victory. He 166 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 3: said to his friends, I've got an idea. Take me 167 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 3: up on the roof, cut a hole in it, and 168 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 3: lower me down so I can have a front row 169 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,839 Speaker 3: seat there in front of Jesus. Friends. Where there's a will, 170 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 3: there's a way. I can imagine those four men saying, listen, brother, 171 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 3: we love you, you're our friend. But do you realize 172 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 3: there's not an elevator, there are no stairs. How can 173 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 3: we get you up there? That's impossible. He said, no, 174 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 3: You've got to do it for me. He talked him 175 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 3: into it. They finally hoisted this man up to the roof. 176 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 3: Jesus was in the middle of his sermon. All the sudden, 177 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 3: dust starts falling from the ceiling. People begin to look around, 178 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 3: thinking what in the world is going on. About that time, 179 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 3: a tile comes on, and then another and another. They 180 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 3: he lowered this paralyzed man down on his bed, all 181 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 3: curled up, and put him right in front of Jesus. 182 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 3: And the scripture says there in Mark two, verse five, 183 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 3: when Jesus saw their faith, that's my question for us today. 184 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 3: Do you have a faith that God can see? Are 185 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 3: you doing something out of the ordinary to show God 186 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 3: your believe in him. It's not enough to just pray, 187 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 3: it's not enough to just believe like this man, you 188 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 3: have to do something to demonstrate your faith. Jesus looked 189 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,839 Speaker 3: at the man and said, rise, take up your bed, 190 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 3: and walk. Immediately the man got up, he picked up 191 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 3: his bed, he went home, perfectly home. But it all 192 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 3: started when he dared to do something where God could 193 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 3: see his faith. Don't you know there were other people 194 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 3: in the room that didn't get well, other people that 195 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 3: had the same opportunity. What was the difference this man 196 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 3: put action behind his faith. God is looking for people 197 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 3: that have a faith that he can see, not just 198 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 3: a faith he can hear, Not just a faith that believes, 199 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:16,599 Speaker 3: but a faith that is visible, a faith that is demonstrated. 200 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 3: When my sister Lisa was a little girl, about four 201 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 3: years old, maybe one time, she wanted to go to 202 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 3: the office with my father. It was during the week 203 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 3: and she heard my dad say how he was coming 204 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,079 Speaker 3: down to the church, and she asked if she could go. 205 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 3: My father said, no, Lisa, today is not a good day. 206 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 3: I've got a lot of meetings. I'm gonna be real busy. 207 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 3: Maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, just not today. Well, Lisa 208 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 3: didn't want to go some other time, she wanted to 209 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 3: go that particular day, and she was so stubborn, I mean, 210 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 3: she was so determined that in spite of what my 211 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 3: father said. She ran back to her room and started 212 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 3: getting dressed as quickly as she could. She acted like 213 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 3: he was going. You would have thought she didn't even 214 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 3: hear what my father said. That negative report didn't even 215 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,199 Speaker 3: register in her mind. About that time, she heard the 216 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 3: back door open, she knew my father was leaving. Lisa 217 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 3: took off running full speed. For Lisa, that's a little 218 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 3: faster than a walk. When my father saw her coming, 219 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 3: his little four year old daughter, fully dressed, struggling to 220 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:28,079 Speaker 3: get her last shoe on, it melted his heart. Daddy 221 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 3: couldn't say no. He said, Okay, come on, Lisa, you 222 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 3: can go with me today. What happened? He saw her faith, 223 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 3: when he saw how determined she was, When he saw 224 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 3: her doing everything she could do. That spoke louder than 225 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 3: her even asking him. That made a bigger impact than 226 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 3: if she were to beg and beg, or if she 227 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 3: were to sit in the corner and pout and pout. Now, 228 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 3: my father wouldn't be moved by pouting. He wouldn't be 229 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 3: moved by begging. He was moved when he saw her faith. 230 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 3: God is the same way. Can he see your faith? 231 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,439 Speaker 3: It's one thing to pray. It's one thing to believe, 232 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 3: but if you really want to get God's attention, put 233 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 3: actions behind what you're believing. For I know this gentleman 234 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 3: years ago, when he was a young man, he knew 235 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,319 Speaker 3: God had called him to preach. He took a step 236 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 3: of faith and rented a small high school auditorium to 237 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 3: have a meeting. He invited his friends and family members 238 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 3: to come. He even got word out in the little 239 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,680 Speaker 3: local community newspaper. He was so excited he was launching 240 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 3: his new ministry. The night of his big event rolled around. 241 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 3: It was supposed to start at seven o'clock. Well at 242 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 3: six point thirty, no one was there. Six forty five, 243 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 3: no one, six point fifty five, no one. Seven o'clock. 244 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 3: Still not one person in the seats, just a sound man, 245 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,079 Speaker 3: a technician up in the sound booth. This young man 246 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 3: was so disheartened he was ready to just give up 247 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 3: and go home. But just before he called it quince, 248 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,959 Speaker 3: he felt something rising up on the inside so strongly, 249 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 3: a holy determination. He said, I am not going to 250 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 3: go out of here like a failure. I have prepared 251 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 3: my message. I've rented this auditorium. I am going to 252 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 3: give it my very best. He went up on the platform, 253 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 3: and in spite of nobody being there, he preached like 254 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 3: the place was packed. He went on for over an hour. 255 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 3: At the end he even gave an invitation for people 256 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 3: to come forward and to receive Christ. It looked like 257 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 3: he was just going through the motions. He told how 258 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 3: he felt like a total failure. He felt like a fool. 259 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 3: But just as he was finishing up the invitation, all 260 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 3: of a sudden, a side door opened up and out 261 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 3: walked an older gentleman. He was a part of the 262 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 3: cleaning crew. He came down to the front, shook the 263 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 3: young minister's hand and said, I want to make a 264 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 3: dish decision for Christ tonight. He later said, it wasn't 265 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 3: so much your message that got to me, but it 266 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 3: was the fact that you preached your heart out without 267 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 3: one person in the room. A few minutes later, the 268 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 3: technician came down from the sound booth and did the 269 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 3: same thing, I want to make a decision for Christ. 270 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 3: That night, the young man went home, not feeling like 271 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 3: a failure, but knowing that the hand of God was 272 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 3: upon his life. That was a turning point. After that, 273 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 3: all kinds of doors begin to open up today. He 274 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 3: is a very successful minister. He has a church with 275 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 3: thousands of people, goes all over the world. Friends, when 276 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 3: God can see your faith, extraordinary things will begin to happen. 277 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 3: One time in the scripture, there were ten lepers that 278 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 3: saw Jesus coming through the city. They begin to holler out, Jesus, 279 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 3: have mercy on us and make us hole. And Jesus 280 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 3: could have just as easily healed them where they were, 281 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 3: but he asked them to do something to express their faith. 282 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 3: He said, go show yourself to the priest, and you 283 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 3: will be made whole. It's interesting those lepers were not 284 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 3: supposed to be around other people. They had a contagious disease. 285 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:24,119 Speaker 3: They were considered unclean. They had to live in colonies 286 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 3: by themselves. I'm sure they debated, do you really think 287 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 3: we should go? I don't look any better, My skin 288 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 3: is not clear. This is going to be a waste 289 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 3: of my time. No, they dared to put action behind 290 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 3: their faith. They said, you know what he said, if 291 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 3: we go, we would be welled. Let's go. Let's take 292 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 3: a step of faith. The scripture says as they went, 293 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 3: they were made whole. In other words, if they had 294 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 3: not had the courage to demonstrate their faith. They would 295 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 3: have never seen God's goodness. As they started down the road. 296 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 3: I can imagine every few blocks they said, look, my 297 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 3: skin's getting better. Another mile one of them said, can 298 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 3: you see it, I think mine is clearing up. As 299 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 3: they kept walking expressing their faith. By the time they 300 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 3: got to the priest, their skin was perfectly normal. But 301 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 3: a lot of times we want God to heal us 302 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 3: and then we'll go. God give me a big crowd, 303 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,880 Speaker 3: then I'll launch my new ministry. God have my husband 304 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 3: to treat me better. Then I'll start treating him better. 305 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,919 Speaker 3: God helped me to break this addiction. And then I'll 306 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 3: cut back a little bit. Like the man Joel talked about. Now, 307 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,199 Speaker 3: God says, you've got to go first. You got to 308 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 3: show me your faith, and then I'll give you exactly 309 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 3: what you need. I remember, back in nineteen seventy two, 310 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 3: Lakewood was still in its first small auditorium. It held 311 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 3: two hundred and seventy people. It was extremely crowded. We 312 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,399 Speaker 3: needed a bigger place, so my father had plans drawn 313 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,879 Speaker 3: for an auditorium that would seat a thousand. It was 314 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 3: going to cost two hundred thousand dollars to build. One day, 315 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 3: my dad presented the new vision to the church, took 316 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 3: up a special offering, and the people gave right at 317 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 3: twenty thousand dollars. Month after month, my dad was just 318 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 3: sitting back waiting for the rest of the funds to 319 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 3: come in. They'd get a few hundred dollars each week, 320 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,880 Speaker 3: but at that pace it was going to take five 321 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 3: or ten years to have enough. One day, a friend 322 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 3: of my father's came by. He said, John, what do 323 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 3: you do instill in this same small auditorium. You need 324 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 3: a bigger place so you can continue to grow. My 325 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,919 Speaker 3: dad said, well, I understand that, but we don't have 326 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 3: the money. He said, how much do you have. My 327 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 3: father said, all we have is twenty thousand dollars. That's 328 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 3: just enough for the foundation. The man looked at my 329 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 3: father and said, very sternly, John, toore the foundation and 330 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 3: watch what God will do. He was saying, dared to 331 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 3: put action behind your faith. My father got his courage 332 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 3: up and he had them pour the foundation. It wasn't 333 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 3: any time before the funds for the steel came in, 334 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,239 Speaker 3: and then the funds for the wall, and then the 335 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,919 Speaker 3: funds for the interior. Before long, the whole building was 336 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 3: up and totally paid for what happened, just like those leffers. 337 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 3: As he went, he saw God's goodness as he demonstrated 338 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 3: his faith. He saw God show up in amazing ways. 339 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 3: And some of you today have a dream, but like 340 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 3: my father, it's on hold. You're waiting for everything to 341 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 3: come together, all the pieces to come together, and then 342 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 3: you'll stretch, then you'll make a move. And yes, it's 343 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 3: good to be wise, it's good to plan, but you 344 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 3: can't sit around your whole lifetime. At some point you 345 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 3: have to draw the line in the sand and say, God, 346 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 3: I'm gonna show you I mean business. I'm gonna show 347 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 3: you that I'm serious about seeing my dreams come to pass. 348 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 3: I want to put actions behind what I'm believing for. 349 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 3: When I was growing up, my father used to travel 350 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 3: overseas for several weeks at a time, ministering in different countries, 351 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 3: and my mother would be at home with five children 352 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 3: to raise by herself, plus with my brother Paul. That 353 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 3: was like having an extra five. And invariably, as my 354 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 3: dad was gone on these long journeys, one of us 355 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 3: kids would either get sick or have some kind of 356 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 3: accident something that would make it much more difficult on 357 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 3: my mother. One time I hurt my leg playing the 358 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 3: little leg and had to have a bunch of stitches. 359 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 3: And it seemed like it was always when my dad 360 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 3: was away, and it got to the point where my 361 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 3: mom dreaded my father leaving, even a couple of days 362 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 3: before my dad was supposed to go. A lot of 363 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 3: times one of us kids would come down with a 364 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 3: fever or some kind of sniffles, and my mother would think, oh, no, 365 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 3: here it goes again. Well, my father finally got fed up. 366 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 3: He thought, God, I'm going all over the world to 367 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 3: help people, and my whole family is going downhill. And 368 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 3: you got to understand, my father was very bold. He 369 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 3: was not as quiet and reserved and dignified as I am. 370 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 3: And he decided he was going to make sure that 371 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 3: God could see his faith and instead of just praying, believing, 372 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 3: standing against that sickness and those accidents, my dad asked 373 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 3: the kids to come outside, all five of us. Paul 374 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 3: at that time was about thirteen, he was the oldest, 375 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 3: all the way down to my little sister April, she 376 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 3: was about three. My dad lined us up from the 377 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 3: oldest to the youngest, and he had us put our 378 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 3: hands on the person's shoulder in front of us, kind 379 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 3: of like a chu choo train, with him and my 380 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 3: father out in front, and with my dad leading, he 381 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 3: marched us around the perimeter of our property, saying, father, 382 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 3: you said no weapon formed. Again, my family is going 383 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:05,479 Speaker 3: to prosper, so I want to thank you that no 384 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 3: sickness is going to come on this property. Father, you 385 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 3: said your angels would protect us, so while I'm gone, 386 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 3: I want to thank you that no accidents will come 387 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 3: near my family. He had us repeated, no sickness, no disease, 388 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,919 Speaker 3: no accidents. Well, we were in the backyard where we 389 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 3: had a fence, and I was sure hoping that my 390 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 3: father was not going to go out into the front yard. 391 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 3: The neighbors already thought we were crazy. Now they were 392 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,239 Speaker 3: going to know we were crazy. But sure enough, my 393 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 3: father marched us right out into the front yard. I 394 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 3: was so embarrassed, I had my head down. I saw 395 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:49,439 Speaker 3: friends going by staring at us, neighbors looking out the windows, 396 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 3: cars slowing down. People asked me about it the next 397 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 3: day at school. I denied it. I felt like Peter, 398 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 3: he's not me out there, But do you know God 399 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 3: is my witness? From that day forward, when my father 400 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 3: went away on those long journeys, we never had a 401 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 3: problem with that sickness, with those accidents. It was like 402 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 3: that curse had been broken off of our family. When 403 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 3: God saw my father's faith, it activated his healing, his protection, 404 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 3: his favor in a greater way. And it's funny, even 405 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 3: though I was embarrassed by that. Years later, when we 406 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 3: were trying to acquire this facility, Victoria and I would 407 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 3: come down here at night when nobody could see us, 408 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 3: and we would march around the building saying, Father, thank 409 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 3: you that this building is hard, thank you that you're 410 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 3: fighting our battles, thank you that you're giving us the 411 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 3: favor we need. I tried to get Victory to hold 412 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 3: on like a chi Chen train, but she wouldn't do 413 00:23:54,960 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 3: it. It still worked, friends, Can God see your face? Faith? 414 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 3: The scripture says faith without actions backing it up is dead. 415 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,239 Speaker 3: It's an amazing statement. It's saying we can have dead faith. Now. 416 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 3: I know people that love God. They're good people, but 417 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 3: they're not living the abundant life. They're not overcoming their obstacles, 418 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 3: they're not accomplishing their God given dreams. Why is that 419 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 3: their faith is dead. They're not putting any actions behind it, 420 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 3: So it's not activating God's power. It's not activating his favor. 421 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 3: It doesn't have to be something big. When you go 422 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,959 Speaker 3: to work every day and give it one hundred percent, 423 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 3: you are demonstrating your faith. Sometimes just putting a smile 424 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 3: on your face when you feel like being discouraged. That's 425 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,679 Speaker 3: putting action behind your faith. Just the fact that you 426 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 3: came to church today. That is a faith that God 427 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 3: can see. You could be home resting, you could be 428 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 3: running errands, you could be working, but you took to 429 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 3: honor God. Know this. God saw you get in your car. 430 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 3: God saw you make the journey over here. God saw 431 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 3: you turn the television on. He saw you flip off 432 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 3: a wheel of fortune and come over to me right now. 433 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 3: You are putting action behind your faith. That tells me 434 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 3: your faith is not dead. Your faith is alive. Your 435 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 3: faith is activating God's power. Your faith is allowing God 436 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,679 Speaker 3: to fight your battles for you. Your faith is opening 437 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 3: the door for the extraordinary. I heard a story about 438 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 3: this lady. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She was 439 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 3: doing her best to say positive and hopeful, but it 440 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 3: is very difficult. She was very afraid. She had two children. 441 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 3: The doctors had only given her a fifteen percent chance 442 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 3: of surviving. She had prayed, she had believed she had 443 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 3: good friends and family supporting her. One day, someone gave 444 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 3: her a small gray rock that had the words written 445 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 3: on it, expect a miracle. When she got that rock, 446 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,120 Speaker 3: it was like something leaped on the inside. It ignited 447 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 3: her faith. She knew right then and there that was 448 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 3: for her. She was going to be well. From that 449 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 3: day forward, she carried that simple little rock with her 450 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 3: everywhere she went. All through the day, she had it 451 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 3: in her pocket or in her purse. At night, she 452 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,399 Speaker 3: put it on the little table beside the bed. It 453 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 3: was a reminder to thank God that he's in control, 454 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 3: and thank God that he's restoring health back into me. 455 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 3: The rock in itself wasn't anything special. It was just 456 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:42,400 Speaker 3: another way that she could demonstrate her faith. She went 457 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 3: through all the chemotherapy, through several major surgeries. After months 458 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 3: of fighting the good fight of faith, it was time 459 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 3: for the big conclusion. Time to see if all that 460 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,199 Speaker 3: treatment had helped. The doctors were going to take a 461 00:26:56,240 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 3: biopsy at one hundred different places where they the cancer 462 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,679 Speaker 3: could have spread. They had already told her to not 463 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 3: get her hopes up. There was little or no chance 464 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 3: that they would all be cancer free, and so she 465 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 3: went into the surgery with her little rock right by 466 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 3: her side. When she woke up, she saw this beautiful 467 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 3: older woman dressed in a very bright white dress. She 468 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 3: thought she was a nurse. This older woman said, in 469 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:28,399 Speaker 3: a very kind voice, are you the lady that's expecting 470 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 3: a miracle? The lady was kind of groggy from the surgery, 471 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 3: and she thought, how does this lady know anything about me? 472 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 3: She said, yes, I am, and the lady in the 473 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 3: white dress handed her a small plaque that had a 474 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 3: saying on it, Miracles happen every day. When the lady 475 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 3: took that plaque, she told how she felt God's presence 476 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 3: like never before. She felt a warmness of tingling flowing 477 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 3: all through her. The next thing she remembers is waking 478 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 3: up and seeing her her husband standing over her with 479 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 3: a big smile. He said, honey, the results are in. 480 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,679 Speaker 3: The doctors have not found any cancer in your body. 481 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 3: That lady, that lady never found out who the woman 482 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 3: in the bright white dress was, but she still has 483 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:23,720 Speaker 3: the plaque on her wall at home. Miracles happen every day. Friends, 484 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 3: do you have a faith that God can see? Are 485 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 3: you putting actions behind what you're believing? For it's not 486 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 3: enough to just pray, not enough to just believe. Take 487 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,119 Speaker 3: it one step further and do something to demonstrate your faith. 488 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 3: You may not see how it could ever happen, but 489 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 3: just like those lepers, as you take steps of faith, 490 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 3: God will begin to open up the right doors. You'll 491 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 3: have a strength to do what you couldn't do before. 492 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 3: And some of you have a dream that you've been 493 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 3: praying about for a long time. You've had promises that 494 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 3: you've been standing on for many, many years, and that's great. 495 00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 3: But it's time to take it to the next level 496 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 3: and do something to demonstrate your faith. Do something out 497 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 3: of the ordinary to show God you're serious about accomplishing 498 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 3: your dreams. If you will learn to put actions behind 499 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 3: your faith, then God's going to show up and show 500 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 3: out in unusual ways. I just believe and declare that 501 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 3: you will overcome every obstacle, You will defeat every enemy, 502 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 3: and you will see every dream, every promise God put 503 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 3: in your heart. It will come to pass. Amen. Do 504 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 3: you receive it today? We never like to close our 505 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 3: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 506 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 3: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 507 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 3: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 508 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 3: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 509 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 3: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 510 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 3: into good church, keep God first place. He'll take your 511 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 3: places that you've never dreamed of. 512 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Julus Dean podcast. Help 513 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 5: us continue to share the message of hope with those 514 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 5: all over the world. World visit joelostein dot com slash 515 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 5: give Hope to give a gift today. 516 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 3: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 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