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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 5: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 5: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 5: put God's very best in your life. 38 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 3: Well, God bless you. 39 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 5: It's a joy to come into your homes and if 40 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 5: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 41 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 5: a part of one of our services. 42 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 3: We'd love to have you be a part. 43 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 5: I promise you we will make you feel right at home. 44 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 5: But thank you so much for tuning in, and thank 45 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 5: you again for coming out today. And I like to 46 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 5: start with something funny. And I heard about these three pastors. 47 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 5: They were in a boat together one day fishing. One 48 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 5: of the pastors said, we never get to let our 49 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 5: hair down. Let's each tell the area that we struggle 50 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 5: in the most, our greatest sin, so we can pray 51 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 5: for each other. The first pastor said, I hate to 52 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,119 Speaker 5: admit this, but I have a problem with gambling. Sometimes 53 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 5: I sneak out at night and gamble. The second pastor said, 54 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 5: I'm ashamed to admit this, but I have a problem 55 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 5: with cheating. I hardly ever pay my taxes. The third 56 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 5: pastor sat there silently. 57 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 3: They waited and waited, and what he wouldn't budge. 58 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 5: They said, we're not leaving until you tell us your 59 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 5: greatest sin. He said, all right, my greatest sin is 60 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 5: with gossip, and I can't wait. 61 00:02:59,360 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 3: To get off this. 62 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 5: Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 63 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 64 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 65 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 66 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 67 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be. 68 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 3: The same in Jesus' name, God bless you. 69 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about how you 70 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 5: have what you need. 71 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 3: It's easy to think. 72 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 5: If I had more money, I could accomplish my dreams. 73 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 5: If I had a bigger house, then I'd be happy. 74 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 5: If I had more talent, better personality, if I knew 75 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 5: the right people, then I could do something great. But 76 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 5: as long as you feel like you're lacking, you don't 77 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 5: have enough, you were shortchanged, then you'll make excuses to 78 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 5: be less than your best. You've got to have a 79 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 5: new perspective. God has giving you exactly what. 80 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 3: You need the season that you're in. 81 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 5: You have the talent, the friends, the connections, the resources, 82 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 5: the experience you need for right now. 83 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 3: Does it mean that's all you're ever going to have. 84 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 5: You may need more next month or next year. When 85 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,160 Speaker 5: that time comes, God will make sure that you have 86 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 5: more then. Psalm thirty four says those who trust in 87 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 5: the Lord will never lack any good thing. Because your 88 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 5: trust is in the Lord, you don't have to worry. 89 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 5: Whatever you need, God will make sure you have it 90 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 5: when you need it. 91 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 3: You won't lack any good thing. 92 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 5: This means if you don't have it right now, don't 93 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 5: fight it, don't be discouraged. You don't need it right now. 94 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 5: Our attitude should be I'm equipped, empowered, and anointed for 95 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 5: this moment. I am not lacking, shortchanged, inadequate, missing out 96 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 5: less than. 97 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 3: I have what I need for today. 98 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,359 Speaker 5: This approach is so much better than thinking if I 99 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 5: just had the finances, if the loan would have gone through, 100 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 5: if they would have been my friend, if I had 101 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 5: a better personality. 102 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 3: Listen, if you needed. 103 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 5: A better personality, God would have given you a better personality. 104 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 5: God wasn't having a bad day when he created you. 105 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 5: If you needed more talent, God would have given you 106 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 5: more talent. If you needed more friends, you would have 107 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 5: more friends. Take what you have and make the most 108 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 5: of it. It's what you need for right now. Years ago, 109 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 5: I used to think if we had a bigger building, 110 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 5: if we had more members, if I could minister better, 111 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 5: if I had more experience. There was always something I 112 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 5: didn't have, or I couldn't do, some reason I couldn't 113 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 5: feel good about myself. One day I realized what I'm 114 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 5: telling you. I have what I need for the season 115 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 5: that I'm in right now. I have the strength that 116 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 5: I need for today. It may not be enough strength 117 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 5: for tomorrow, but that's okay. When that day comes, God 118 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 5: will give me strength for tomorrow. I have the talent, 119 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,559 Speaker 5: the qualifications, the experience. 120 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 3: I need for right now. 121 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 5: It may not be as much as somebody else has, 122 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 5: but that's okay. 123 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 3: I'm not competing with them. 124 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 5: I'm competing with myself to become the best me that 125 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 5: I can possibly be. 126 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 3: Someone wrote an article. 127 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 5: One time that talked about how I haven't been to 128 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,799 Speaker 5: seminary in how I wasn't qualified to lead a large ministry. 129 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 3: First, that kind of bothered me. 130 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 5: Then I read in Galatians One where the apostle Paul, 131 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 5: who wrote over half of the New Testament, said, I 132 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 5: was not appointed by any group or by human authority. 133 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 5: My call is from God, who raised Jesus from the dead. 134 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 5: People may not approve you, don't worry about it. God 135 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 5: approves you. People didn't call you. People don't determine your destiny. 136 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 5: People can't stop God's plan for your life. God called you, 137 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 5: God equipped you, God anointed you. 138 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 3: When you come to the end of your life, you 139 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 3: don't have to. 140 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 5: Answer to people. You'll answer to Almighty God. Don't let 141 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 5: what some person says or does make you feel less 142 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 5: than unqualified. You've been handpicked by the creator. 143 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 3: Of the universe. 144 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 5: You are lacking nothing for the season that you're in 145 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 5: right now. Now, quit thinking about all the things that 146 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 5: you don't have, all the things that. 147 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 3: You wish were different. Joel, all I have is this 148 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 3: old car. 149 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 5: I'm depressed. No, have a new attitude. This old car is. 150 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 3: All I need right now. God is on the throne 151 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 3: directed my steps. 152 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 5: When I need more, He'll give me more. All I 153 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 5: have is this one friend. 154 00:07:59,240 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 3: No, turn it around. 155 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 5: This one friend is all I need for this season. 156 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna sit around in self pity. When I 157 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 5: need more friends, God will give me more friends. All 158 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 5: I have is this low level job. No, that's all 159 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 5: I need right now. When it's my time to be promoted, 160 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 5: nothing can stand against my God. 161 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 3: I will be promoted. 162 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 5: But in the meantime, I'm gonna keep being my best right. 163 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 3: Where I am. 164 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 5: This is an empowering way to live, not making excuses 165 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 5: feeling short changed. If I just had more money, listen, 166 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 5: If you needed more money to fulfill your destiny right 167 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 5: now and God withholds it, he wouldn't be a just God. 168 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 5: The truth is God has already lined up the right people, 169 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 5: the right opportunities, the finances, the wisdom, the good breaks, 170 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 5: the protection you need. 171 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 3: It's in your future. 172 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 5: As long as you keep honoring God, he will give 173 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 5: you what you need when you need it. Means, if 174 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 5: you don't have it right now, you don't need it 175 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 5: right now. 176 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 3: My question is will you trust him? 177 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 5: Will you keep a good attitude and be your best, 178 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 5: even though it's taken longer than you thought, even though 179 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 5: the problem hasn't turned around, even though a dream hasn't 180 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 5: come to pass. If you will be faithful right where 181 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 5: you are, knowing that you have exactly what you need 182 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 5: for the season that you're in, God will get you 183 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 5: to where you're supposed to be. In Second Samuel, chapter twelve, 184 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 5: David had gotten off course. The prophet Nathan was correcting him. 185 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 5: In doing so, he reminded David of what God had 186 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 5: brought him through. 187 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 3: David had seen God's. 188 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 5: Goodness, favor, protection, finance, is healing down through the years, 189 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 5: and in verse eight, Nathan made an interesting statement. He said, David, 190 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 5: if it had not been enough, God would have given 191 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 5: you much much more. In other words, David, looking back 192 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 5: over your life, if you were ever lacking. If you 193 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:11,479 Speaker 5: ever needed more wisdom, more favor, more protection, more finances, 194 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 5: God would have given it to you. That tells me 195 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 5: what I have right now is what I need to 196 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 5: fulfill my destiny. The moment it becomes not enough is 197 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 5: the moment God will give you more. The moment something 198 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 5: starts to keep you from your destiny, the moment it 199 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 5: begins to stop God's plan for your life is the 200 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 5: moment God will show up, the moment God will intervene. 201 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 5: So if it hasn't happened yet, don't be discouraged thinking 202 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 5: that it's never going to work out. If it hasn't happened, 203 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 5: you haven't needed it. When you need it, it won't 204 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 5: be one second late. The moment you need a new friend, 205 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 5: the moment you need a good break, the moment you 206 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 5: need an idea, it will show up. Friends, God is 207 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 5: closely watching your life. You are his most prized possession. 208 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 5: He's saying to you what he said to David. If 209 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 5: it's ever not enough, you can count on me. 210 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 3: I will always be there to give you more. 211 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 5: In nineteen fifty nine, my father was the pastor of 212 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 5: a large denominational church. They had nearly a thousand members. 213 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:27,319 Speaker 3: Back then, that was a big deal. 214 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 5: They had just built a beautiful new sanctuary in My 215 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 5: father's future looked very bright. But one day, through a 216 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 5: series of events, he knew he was supposed to leave 217 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 5: that church and start Lakewood in the natural. He didn't 218 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 5: have a building, didn't have any organization backing him up. 219 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 5: Most of his friends thought he was making a mistake. 220 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,479 Speaker 3: And didn't support him. 221 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 5: He could have made a list of all the things 222 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,199 Speaker 5: that he didn't have. If he'd ha stayed focused on that, 223 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 5: he would have never moved off a dead center. But 224 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 5: my father took this step of faith and he started 225 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 5: Lakewood with ninety people in an old Rundown feed store. 226 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 5: But instead of thinking all I have are these ninety people, 227 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 5: his attitude was, these ninety people are all I need. 228 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 5: Instead of thinking all I have is this old feed store, 229 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 5: his attitude was, this old feed store is all I need. 230 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 5: See when you realize the creator of the universe is 231 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 5: directing your steps, giving you what you need, and the 232 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 5: moment it becomes not enough, God promises to show up 233 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 5: and give you more, then you won't go around discouraged thinking, ah, 234 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 5: it's not fair, why don't I get. 235 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 3: Any good breaks. When is this ever going to change? 236 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 5: Now, You'll just keep being your best, honoring God. That's 237 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 5: what my father did. Here we are today, fifty four 238 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 5: years later, Lakewood still going strong. But some of you 239 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 5: today are maybe a little discouraged because of what has 240 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 5: not happened. You're wondering when the problem's going to turn around, 241 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 5: when you're going to get that good break. No quit 242 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 5: being stressed over it. God has you in the palm 243 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 5: of his hand. He is written every day of your 244 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 5: life in his book. God knows what you need when 245 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 5: you need it, and he knows how to get it 246 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 5: to you. If you don't have something right now, you 247 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 5: didn't miss it. You didn't get short changed. God didn't 248 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 5: forget about you. As long as you're honoring Him at 249 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,839 Speaker 5: the right time when you need it, the right people 250 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 5: will show up when you need it. The finances will 251 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 5: come when you need it. The healing, the restoration, the 252 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 5: vindication will find you if it hasn't happened yet. 253 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 3: Don't sit around sour. 254 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 5: Have the attitude I don't need it when I need it, God. 255 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 3: Promises it won't be one second late. 256 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 5: In John chapter four, Jesus met a Samaritan woman at 257 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 5: a well. He asked her for something to drink. She 258 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 5: was a little surprised because in those days the Jews 259 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 5: didn't have anything to do with the Samaritans. She said, 260 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 5: how can you ask me for something to drink? Jesus said, 261 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 5: if you knew who I am, you would ask of 262 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 5: me and I would give you living water. 263 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 3: She immediately began to look in the natural. 264 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 5: She said, but sir, you don't have anything to draw 265 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 5: water with. You don't have any kind of bucket, any 266 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 5: kind of pell How can you give me living water? 267 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 3: I wonder how many times we do the same thing. 268 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 5: God tells us he's going to do something great in 269 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 5: our lives. Down deep, he put a dream on the 270 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 5: inside that we're going to rise higher. We're going to 271 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 5: see our marriage restored, We're going to get healthy again. 272 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 3: We feel it so strongly. But like her, we start. 273 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 5: Looking at what we don't have the way we were raised, 274 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 5: the obstacles in our path. Before long we talk ourselves 275 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 5: out of it. Joel, I can't do anything great. I 276 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 5: don't have the talent. My marriage is too far gone. 277 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 5: The medical report is too bad. Now you're just looking 278 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 5: in the natural. But we serve a supernatural God. He 279 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 5: can take something that's ordinary, breathe on it, and turn 280 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 5: it into something that's extraordinary. You can have average talent, 281 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 5: but when God breathes on your life, you will go 282 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 5: further than people that have great talent. Don't talk yourself 283 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 5: out of it. 284 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 3: All David had was a slingshot and five smooth stones. 285 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 5: It looked insignificant, ordinary, nothing special, But God breathed on 286 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 5: it and he defeated Goliath became the. 287 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 3: King of Israel. Sampson was surrounded by a huge army. 288 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 5: Everywhere he looked, there were horses, chariots, weapons. All he 289 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 5: had was the jawbone of a donkey. No weapon, no armor, 290 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,239 Speaker 5: nobody backing him up. But he picked up that jaw. 291 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 5: God breed on it, and he defeated a thousand men, 292 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 5: the whole army. All Moses had was an ordinary stick, 293 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 5: something he found on the ground. Yet when he picked 294 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 5: it up, held that rod in the air, the red 295 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 5: sea supernaturally parted. 296 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 3: All my father had. 297 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 5: Were ninety people and an abandoned, run down feed store. 298 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 3: Yet God breed. 299 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 5: On them and did something extraordinary. Don't underestimate what you have. 300 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 5: It may look small, insignificant compared to what you're facing. 301 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 5: It seems impossible. All the odds are against you. But 302 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 5: when God breeds on your life, the odds dramatically change 303 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 5: you and God are a majority. God can open doors 304 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 5: that should have never opened. God can take you beyond 305 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 5: where your talent, your education. 306 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 3: Says you should go. God can make a way even 307 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 3: you don't see a way. And it's not enough to 308 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 3: just have faith in God. 309 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 5: That's important, but you've got to have faith in what God. 310 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 3: Has given you. 311 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 5: You are not lacking, you were not shortchanged. You are 312 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 5: not at a disadvantage. The creator of. 313 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 3: The universe is breathing on your life. 314 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 5: He's breathing on your health, breathing on your finances, breathing 315 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 5: on your marriage. If you will be confident in what 316 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 5: God has given you, he can take what looks like 317 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 5: little and turn it into much. The Scripture even says 318 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 5: don't despise the day of small beginnings. In other words, 319 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 5: don't look at what you have and say, oh, Joel, 320 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 5: I can't do anything great. I don't have a lot 321 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 5: of talent a feed store, God, I need a big building, 322 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 5: A low level job. God, I wanted to be in management. 323 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 5: What God has given you right now may seem small. 324 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:57,959 Speaker 3: But don't let that fool you. 325 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 5: When you use what you have have God will multiply it. 326 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 5: You'll see an explosion of his goodness. One time, Jesus 327 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 5: had been teaching thousands of people, was getting late in 328 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 5: the day and everyone was hungry. Jesus turned to his 329 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 5: disciples and said, I want you to feed all the people. 330 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 5: They didn't have any food out there in the wilderness. 331 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:24,440 Speaker 5: There were no grocery stores. On the surface, it seemed 332 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 5: like what Jesus asked was impossible. 333 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 3: But here's the key. God will never ask you to do. 334 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 5: Something and then not give you the ability to do it. 335 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 5: When joel, I can't raise this child, he's too difficult. No, 336 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 5: God wouldn't have given you the child if you weren't 337 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 5: able to raise him. Well, these people at work, they're 338 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 5: driving me crazy. 339 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 6: Know. 340 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 5: When God gave you that job, he gave you the 341 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 5: ability to. 342 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 3: Be there with a good attitude. 343 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 5: Well, I couldn't accomplish my dreams. 344 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 3: I don't know the right people. 345 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 5: No, the moment God put the dream in your heart, 346 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 5: he lined up everything you need to bring it to pass. 347 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 5: The disciples said to Jesus, we can't feed all these people, 348 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:05,880 Speaker 5: it's impossible. 349 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 3: We don't have any food. Jesus hurd all their excuses. 350 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 5: He finally said to them, you've told me all about 351 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:14,400 Speaker 5: what you don't have. 352 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 3: All I want to know is what do you have? 353 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 5: They said, we just have five loaves of bread, too 354 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 5: small fish. 355 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:27,159 Speaker 3: But what is this among so many? They looked at 356 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 3: it and dismissed it. It's not enough, Joel, I believe. 357 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 5: I could do something great if I had more going 358 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 5: for me, if I had more talent, more friends, more money. 359 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 3: No, you're just looking at the natural. 360 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 5: Get rid of that. I don't have enough mentality. God 361 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 5: controls the whole universe. He's saying to you today what 362 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 5: Jesus said to the disciples. 363 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 3: Give me what you have. 364 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 5: Don't make excuses, don't sit on the sidelines of life 365 00:19:56,040 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 5: feeling intimidated, short changed. Put your life, your goals, your 366 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 5: dreams into my hands. Jesus took the five lows the 367 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 5: two fish, prayed over it, and it supernaturally multiplied. It 368 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 5: ended up feeding probably fifteen thousand people plus. There were 369 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 5: baskets full left over. That's what happens. When you give 370 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 5: God what you have, He'll multiply it. Let me ask you, 371 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 5: are you talking yourself out of something God has put 372 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 5: in your heart. I read a story about a young 373 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 5: lady named Mary the Thune. She was the youngest of 374 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 5: seventeen children born in South Carolina in the early eighteen hundreds. 375 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 5: Her parents were slaves. In spite of the odds being 376 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 5: against her, she was able to get a good education, 377 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 5: even go to college. From the time she was a 378 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 5: little girl. 379 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 3: Her dream was always to teach young people. She was 380 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 3: a straight a student. 381 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:58,160 Speaker 5: You couldn't meet a finer young woman. She graduated from college, 382 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 5: she turned her application in to teach school. Several months later, 383 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 5: she got word back that she was turned down for 384 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 5: some reason. 385 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 3: She wasn't accepted. 386 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 5: But instead of sitting around thinking about how bad life 387 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,360 Speaker 5: was treating her, she had the attitude, I didn't get 388 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 5: that position. 389 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 3: I must not have needed it. 390 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 5: If it was going to keep me from my destiny, 391 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 5: God would have never allowed it. 392 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,640 Speaker 3: She decided to start her own school. 393 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 5: She didn't have any money, no building, no supplies, no equipment. 394 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 5: She found some old cardboard boxes and used them for desk. 395 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 5: She would get red berries each day drained the juice 396 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 5: out of them so her students could use that for 397 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 5: ink in their pens. 398 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 3: A few years later. 399 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 5: A local college noticed what was happening and asked her 400 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 5: to join forces with them. It became known as the 401 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 5: Bethune Cookman College. Nineteen thirty two, President Franklin Roosevelt appointed 402 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 5: her as an advisor to his cabinet, making her the 403 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 5: first African American woman ever to become a presidential adviser. 404 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 3: What am I saying? 405 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 5: What you have may seem small, but don't dismiss it. 406 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 5: If you'll use what God has given you, he'll multiply it. 407 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 5: He'll not only bring your dreams to pass, but he'll 408 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 5: do more than you can ask or think. In the scripture, 409 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 5: there were four lepers marching toward the enemy's camp. These 410 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 5: four men had nothing, no supplies, no food, no protection, 411 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 5: not even their health. In the natural, they didn't have 412 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 5: a chance. They could have been sitting around depressed, focused 413 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 5: on what. 414 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 3: They didn't have. 415 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 5: No, these men must have been coming to Lakewood. They 416 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 5: were using what God had given them. As they were 417 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:57,679 Speaker 5: marching toward the enemy's camp, God multiplied The sound of 418 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 5: their footsteps sounded like a huge, huge army was attacking. 419 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 5: Those enemies took off, running for their lives when Joel. 420 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 5: I don't have a lot of talent, maybe not, but 421 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 5: do you have any footsteps? I don't have much money, 422 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 5: maybe not, but do you have any red berries? I 423 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 5: don't have a big building for my new business, maybe not, 424 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 5: but do you have an old rundown feedstore. If you'll 425 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 5: use what God has given you, he'll multiply it. He'll 426 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 5: multiply your talent, multiply your resources, multiply your influence. Listen, 427 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 5: God is not into addition, He's into multiplication. 428 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 3: What you have today. 429 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 5: May seem small, but if you'll keep honoring God, it's 430 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 5: not going to stay small. You're going to come into 431 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 5: supernatural increase, good breaks, divine connections, opportunities. 432 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 3: That you've never seen before. Friends. 433 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 5: You have exactly what you need to fulfill your destiny. 434 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 3: Now here's a key. It may not be as much 435 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:03,880 Speaker 3: as a. 436 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 5: Family member, a coworker, a friend, but that's okay. 437 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 3: You're not running their race. You're running your race. 438 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 5: If God gave you what they have, it wouldn't help you. 439 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 3: It would hinder you. 440 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 5: You're not anointed to be them, You're anointed to be you. 441 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 5: When David went out to face Goliath, King Saul tried 442 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 5: to get David to wear his armor. 443 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 3: David didn't have any protection, just that slingshot. 444 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 5: Saul had good intentions, he said, David, at least wear 445 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 5: my armor. 446 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 3: You're going to get out there and get killed. 447 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 5: The problem was David was much smaller than King Saul. 448 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 5: When he put that armor on, it swallowed him. 449 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 3: It didn't help him. It weighed him down. 450 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 5: That's because what God has given other people is not 451 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 5: going to work for you. 452 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 3: Don't try to be like somebody else. 453 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 5: I wish I had their talent, their looks, their personality. No, 454 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 5: if you put that armor on, just like with David, 455 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 5: you would be uncomfortable. 456 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 3: It would slow you down. 457 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:12,439 Speaker 5: Why it wasn't designed for you. You are unique, You 458 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 5: are one of a kind. God custom made your armor. 459 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 5: You are wearing designer armor. Nobody has what you have. 460 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 5: When you go out today, you need to walk with 461 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 5: some swag as you leave. I don't know what swag is, 462 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 5: but it sounds good. I'm too white to having his swag. 463 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 5: David took that armor off and said, no, thanks, this 464 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 5: is not for me. I can't be who God created 465 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 5: me to be wearing somebody else's armor. I have what 466 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 5: I need It may not be as much as somebody else, 467 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,360 Speaker 5: but if you'll walk in your own anointing, if you'll 468 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 5: use what God's given you, you can have less talent, 469 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 5: less resources, less friends, but because God's breathing on your life, 470 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 5: you will go further than people that have more talent, 471 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 5: more resources. That's what happened with David. He defeated Goliath 472 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 5: with less equipment. Goliath was wearing a full set of armor. 473 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 5: All David had was the slingshot. The difference was that 474 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 5: slingshot was a part. 475 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 3: Of David's divine destiny. 476 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 5: If he would have looked at it and thought, it's nothing, 477 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,239 Speaker 5: it's small, it's insignificant. If he would have dismissed it, 478 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 5: he would have missed his destiny. Don't dismiss what God 479 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 5: has given you. It may not be as impressive as 480 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 5: somebody else has. 481 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 3: You may not have the. 482 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 5: Talent, the looks, the personality, the income, the influence as 483 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 5: they do. But when you realize what God has given 484 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 5: you has been custom made. 485 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 3: He specifically gave you your gifts. 486 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 5: Your talents, your look, your personality. It wasn't a random happening. 487 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 5: God didn't close his eyes and here just take this. 488 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 5: No God matched you for your world. He put in 489 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 5: you exactly what you need to fulfill his plan for 490 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 5: your life. A few years ago I was speaking to 491 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 5: several hundred pastors, and afterwards we had a time for questions, 492 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 5: and this one pastor stood up. He must have been 493 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 5: six foot five, three hundred pounds, a very large man. 494 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 5: I'm five foot nine inches tall. Television makes you look 495 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 5: bigger than you really are. And they were surprised at 496 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 5: how small I was. And he said, very dramatically, Joel, 497 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 5: I just want to know how much do you weigh. 498 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 5: I smiled and said, I'm one hundred and fifty pounds 499 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:46,239 Speaker 5: of pure steels. You got to be confident and who 500 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:50,360 Speaker 5: God made you to be. You're not too short, you're 501 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,919 Speaker 5: not too tall. You're the right size. You have the 502 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:58,719 Speaker 5: right personality, you're the right nationality. You've been custom made 503 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,120 Speaker 5: by the creator. 504 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 3: Of the universe. 505 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 5: Put your shoulders back, hold your head up high. You 506 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 5: are not lacking, you haven't been short changed. You're not 507 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 5: at a disadvantage. You have exactly what you need for 508 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 5: where you are. Get up every morning and remind yourself. 509 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 5: I have the strength, the talent, the friends, the resources, 510 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 5: the qualifications. I need for today. If you will do that, 511 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 5: because your trust is in the Lord, I believe and 512 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 5: declare you will never lack any good thing. God is 513 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 5: going to take small, turn it into much. He's going 514 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,919 Speaker 5: to multiply what you have. You will become everything He 515 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,239 Speaker 5: created you to be, and you will have everything He 516 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 5: intended for you to have in Jesus' name. If you 517 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 5: receive it, can you say amen today? We never like 518 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 5: to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to 519 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 5: make Jesus the lord of your life. 520 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord. 521 00:28:55,040 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 5: Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 522 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 5: I make you my Lord and savior. 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