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If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 40 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 5: be a blessing and share it with a friends, reappreciate you, 41 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 5: and pray for God's very best in your life. 42 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. 43 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 5: It's a joy to come into your homes and if 44 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 5: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 45 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 5: a part of one of our services. These are the 46 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 5: finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood. 47 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 5: We'd love to have you be apart, but thanks for 48 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 5: tuning in. I like to start with something funny. And 49 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 5: I heard about this lady that died and she was 50 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 5: at the Pearly gates sat. Peter said, you can't come 51 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 5: in yet. You have to correctly spell a word. 52 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 4: She said what word? He said, any word? So she 53 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 4: spelled the word love l ovee. Peter said, welcome to Heaven. 54 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 5: Then Peter asked her if she would take his place 55 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 5: for a moment. He instructed her that if anyone came, 56 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 5: just to follow the same procedure. In a few moments, 57 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 5: she sees her ex husband walking up. She can't believe it. 58 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 5: She said, what are you doing here? He said, I 59 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 5: just had a heart attack. Did I really make it 60 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 5: to heaven? She said not yet. You have to correctly 61 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 5: spell a word. 62 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 4: He said what word? 63 00:02:54,760 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 5: There was a long pause, and she said, Checkuslovakia, say 64 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 5: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 65 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 5: am what it says I am. I have what it 66 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 5: says I have. I can do what it says I 67 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 5: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 68 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 5: I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 69 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 70 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 71 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 5: God is your source. 72 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 4: It's easy to look to people. 73 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 5: As our source, or look to our job as our source. 74 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 5: And yes, God uses people, he uses jobs, he uses contracts, 75 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 5: but they are not the source. They are simply a 76 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 5: resource that the source uses. And if you're seeing other things, 77 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 5: then God is your source. The problem is if something 78 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 5: happens to them, you'll think, what am I going to do? 79 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 5: The source has been cut off. No, the source is 80 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 5: just fine. 81 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 4: God is still on the throne. 82 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 5: And the scripture says that every good gift comes from 83 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 5: our father in heaven above. That good gift may come 84 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 5: through people, but it came from God. Your salary may 85 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 5: come through your company, but it came from your heavenly father. 86 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 5: He's the one that caused them to hire you. He's 87 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,799 Speaker 5: the one that caused you to stand out. He's using 88 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 5: them as a resource. Or that contract may come through 89 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 5: a friend, through a connection, but it came from God. 90 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 5: That's why you don't have to play up to people, 91 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 5: compromise to get a good break. 92 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 4: People are not your provider. God is your provider. 93 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 5: That job is simply the resource God chose to bless you. 94 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 5: If you don't understand this, you can make people your God. Well, 95 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 5: if this supervisor doesn't like me, if this contract doesn't last, 96 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 5: if these clients are not good. 97 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 4: To me, how am I going to make it? 98 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 5: Take people off the throne. People are not your source. 99 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 5: God is your source. And yes, it's good when people 100 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 5: are nice to you. It's nice when they recognize your value. 101 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 5: But don't become so dependent on them that you start 102 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 5: seeing them as your provider. Behind the resource is the source, 103 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 5: behind the salary, behind the opportunity, behind the favor is 104 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 5: the most tied God causing people to be good to you, 105 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 5: causing doors to open, causing clients to seek you out. 106 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 4: Be grateful for the resource, but keep your eyes on 107 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 4: the source. 108 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 5: When Peter didn't have money to pay his taxes, Jesus 109 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 5: told him to go to the lake and catch a fish. 110 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 5: The first fish he caught had a gold coin in it, 111 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 5: enough to pay his taxes. God was showing us how 112 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 5: he can use different resources. If a contract at work 113 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 5: comes to an end, looks like you're going to be 114 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 5: set back, don't be discouraged. God has another fish. He 115 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 5: has ways that we've never thought of. As long as 116 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 5: you're keeping him first place, you are connected to a supply. 117 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 4: Line that will never run dry. 118 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 5: You are not at the mercy of the economy or 119 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 5: your boss or who likes you. God has all kinds 120 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 5: of resources he can use. I talked to a man 121 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 5: after thirty two years, the company he worked for was sold. 122 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 4: He was without a job, and he was so discouraged. 123 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 5: He never dreamed at his age he would have to 124 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 5: be starting over. I told him what I'm telling you. 125 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 5: That job was simply the resource that God chose to 126 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 5: bless you. 127 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 4: It is not the source. The source is fine. 128 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 5: I saw him about six months later, and he was 129 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 5: so happy. He said, Joel, I not only got another job, 130 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 5: I got my dream job, had better benefits, better income, 131 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 5: closer to his house. 132 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 4: When the door closes, you go through a setback. 133 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 5: You have to remind yourself it's not the resource blessing you, 134 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 5: it's the source. 135 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 4: The scripture says you. 136 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 5: Will prosper even in the desert. Your lief will not wither, 137 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 5: even in famine. You will have more than enough. It's 138 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 5: showing us that even though the circumstances may change, the. 139 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 4: Source never changes. 140 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 5: Because you're connected to that source, you will be blessed 141 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 5: in the famine. You will increase when others are decreasing. 142 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 5: All through the day, Lord, I recognize you're the source 143 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 5: of my life. Yes, this job gives me a paycheck, 144 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 5: but you're the source of the income. Yes, this company 145 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 5: gave me a good position, but you're the source of 146 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 5: the favor. In the scripture, Ruth and her mother in 147 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 5: law were both widows. 148 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 4: They were very poor, struggling to survive. 149 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 5: Ruth would go out into the fields each morning and 150 00:07:55,880 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 5: pick up the leftover wheat that the workers had missed day. 151 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 5: The owner of the field, a man named Boaz, noticed Ruth, 152 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 5: and for some reason he decided to be good to her. 153 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 5: He told his workers to leave handfuls of wheat on 154 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 5: purpose for Ruth. Eventually Ruth found out it was him. 155 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 5: I could hear her telling her mother in law, this 156 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 5: man Boaz, this owner, he's being so good to me. 157 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 4: He's leaving me so much wheat. 158 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 5: Ruth thought it was Boaz being good to her. The 159 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 5: truth is it was God being good to her. Boas 160 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 5: was the resource, but God was the source. 161 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 4: God was the one speaking. 162 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 5: To Boaz, giving him that desire to be good to her. 163 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 4: How many times has. 164 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 5: God spoken to people to be good to us and 165 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 5: we didn't even know it? 166 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 4: For no reason. They decided to help us. 167 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 5: They opened a door, They gave us a position, They 168 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 5: introduced us to a friend. 169 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 4: They were a resource that the soul was using. 170 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 5: The longer I live, the more I recognized God's goodness 171 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,719 Speaker 5: in my life. Things that I thought were a coincidence, 172 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 5: I thought were people just. 173 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 4: Wanting to be good to me. 174 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 5: I realize now it was the source. Doors that opened 175 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 5: that you couldn't open. Somebody decided to give you a 176 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,439 Speaker 5: good break. You were at the right place, at the 177 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 5: right time, met that person and fell in love. That 178 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 5: wasn't a coincidence. That was the source, that person that 179 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 5: put in a good word for you, and you got 180 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 5: the promotion. 181 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 4: You weren't lucky. That was God speaking to them, like 182 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 4: he spoke to Boaz. 183 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 5: Every good thing comes from our Father above. They may 184 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 5: not have even known it was God speaking to them. 185 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 5: They just suddenly had a desire to be good to you, 186 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 5: to stay laid, and introduce you to the client, to 187 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,839 Speaker 5: waive the policy and put the loan through Are you 188 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 5: recognizing the source? 189 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 4: Are you thanking God for every good gift? 190 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 5: Do you realize you wouldn't have waken up this morning 191 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 5: without the Source. You wouldn't have air to breathe without 192 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 5: the source. Your eyes wouldn't see without the Source. You 193 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 5: wouldn't have that person to love without the Source. Don't 194 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 5: get so caught up. 195 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 4: In the resources that you forget it's the. 196 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:27,479 Speaker 5: Most tied God working in your life. It's God protecting 197 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 5: you from that accident. It was God healing you from 198 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,559 Speaker 5: the cancer, not just the medicine. 199 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 4: It was the Source. When you look back over your life, 200 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 4: nothing was a coincidence. There were no lucky breaks. What 201 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 4: you thought was just Boaz being good to you. 202 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:48,199 Speaker 5: Leaving you handfuls on purpose, that was the hand of God, 203 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 5: the Source, working behind the scenes, telling them to be 204 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 5: good to you. When we were trying to acquire this facility, 205 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 5: the former Compact Center, it was owned by the city, 206 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 5: so we had to get the city council members to 207 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 5: vote to approve it. 208 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 4: I had never been. 209 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 5: Involved in any kind of politics and convincing council members. 210 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 5: This was way out of my expertise. Someone randomly introduced 211 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 5: us to a man that had been in city politics 212 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 5: his whole life. He'd worked for different mayors for many years. 213 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 5: He wasn't the typical white collar professional that you might envision. 214 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 4: He was kind of rough. 215 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 5: He liked to party, he liked to drink, didn't always 216 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 5: use good language. But for some reason, he really liked us. 217 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 5: He really wanted us to get the building. He went 218 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 5: overboard to make things happen. He used his favor, his 219 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 5: influence to sway people. Early on, there was a council 220 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:53,439 Speaker 5: member that was against us. He said, don't worry, he'll 221 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 5: vote for us. 222 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 4: He owes me. I didn't ask for any details. I 223 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 4: just said, thank you Jesus here. 224 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 5: This man had not been in church his whole life, 225 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 5: but he was doing all he could to help Lakewood 226 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 5: get the building. I realize now that wasn't just him 227 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 5: deciding to help us, him just deciding to do a 228 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 5: good deed. He was a resource that the source was using. 229 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 5: He may not have even known that was God speaking 230 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 5: to him. After we got the building, he came to 231 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 5: a service, and years later he was being interviewed about 232 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 5: the process and about why he had helped us. 233 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 4: He said, I don't go to church. 234 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 5: I went to Lakewood one time, and I don't like 235 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 5: the circus. 236 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 4: He referred to us as the circus. 237 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 5: And yes, our services are fun and exciting, and in 238 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 5: a few minutes the elephants will be coming out and 239 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 5: at the end, Victoria is going to walk the high wire, 240 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 5: followed by bah brother Paul. 241 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 4: Being shot out of a cannon. So stay for that. 242 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 4: None of that bothered me. 243 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 5: But he went on to save And I'm not telling 244 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,199 Speaker 5: you this to brag on me, just to make the point. 245 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 5: He said, I help them because I've never met anyone 246 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 5: like Joel. 247 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 4: I would walk through a fire for that man. 248 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 5: I would love to think that I'm that charming, I'm 249 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 5: that dynamic. Can I tell you I'm not. I hardly 250 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 5: even knew him. That was the source. That was God 251 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 5: putting the right people in our path, causing them to 252 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 5: want to be good to us. Second King's Chapter four, 253 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 5: there's a story about a lady. She and her husband 254 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 5: were friends with the prophet Elisha, but the husband had died. 255 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 4: Years had passed. 256 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 5: Now, this lady didn't have any money to pay her bills. 257 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 5: It was so bad the creditors were coming to take 258 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 5: her two sons as payment. You can imagine how distraught 259 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 5: she was. The prophet Elisha came by and asked what 260 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 5: she had in her house. Her first answer was nothing 261 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 5: at all. She was saying, Elisha, I'm done. It's too late. 262 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 5: The odds against me. 263 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 4: Sometimes when we look at what. 264 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 5: We have compared to what we need, we think, like her, 265 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 5: I'll never accomplish my dreams. I don't have what I need. 266 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,839 Speaker 5: I'll never get well, I'll never get out of debt. 267 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 4: We look at the circumstances, at. 268 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 5: The resources, the medical report, the bank account. 269 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 4: Here's the key. 270 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 5: The resource may have dried up, but the source is still. 271 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 4: Alive and well. 272 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 5: She finally said, Elisha, I do have one thing in 273 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 5: my house, but really it's nothing, just a little bottle. 274 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 4: Of olive oil. She thought, it's really not worth mentioning. 275 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 5: I have this huge debt and all I have is 276 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 5: something worth a few dollars. 277 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 4: Don't discount the small things you have. 278 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 5: Don't discount small opportunities, small gifts, small income. 279 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 4: May seem small to you, but God knows how to multiply. 280 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 5: The scripture says, if you have faith the size of 281 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 5: a mustard seed, that's one of the smallest seeds. 282 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 4: You could say to this mountain be removed and it 283 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 4: will move. 284 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 5: God doesn't expect us to have great faith all the time. 285 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 4: It's nice when we do. 286 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 5: But God is so merciful He knew there would be 287 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 5: times like this. Lady, we would think this is impossible. 288 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 5: If you'll just say, God, all I have is this 289 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 5: little bit of oil. All I have is mustard seed. Faith, 290 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 5: watch what God will do. Elisha told her to. 291 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 4: Go out and borrow as many large containers as she 292 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 4: could find. 293 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 5: I can see this lady knocking on door after door 294 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 5: carrying those empty containers back to her house. Don't you 295 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 5: know God saw her faith. God saw her being obedient, 296 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 5: doing what she could. When you're in difficult times, don't 297 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 5: sit around in self pity. Do something where God can 298 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 5: see your faith. Make plans to get well, make plans 299 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 5: to come out of death. Are you gathering up any containers? 300 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 5: Are you taking steps of faith to show God that 301 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 5: you're ready for favor. Neighbors started asking, why do you 302 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 5: even need these empty containers. You don't have anything to 303 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 5: put in it, just a little bit of olive oil. 304 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 5: She answered, I may not have it yet, but I 305 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 5: know it's on the way. I know the prophet wouldn't 306 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 5: have asked me to do it if God wasn't up 307 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 5: to some thief. Faith started to rise in her heart. 308 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 5: All the circumstances were against her, friends trying to talk 309 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 5: her out of it, her own thoughts telling her no way. 310 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 5: Her attitude was, I may not see how this can happen, 311 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 5: but I. 312 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 4: Know a secret. 313 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 5: God is my source, he's my provider. I'm connected to 314 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 5: that supply line that won't run dry. Lysia said to her, 315 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 5: pour the little bit of oil into the first container. 316 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 4: That didn't make sense. 317 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 5: What good was it going to do to transfer oil 318 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 5: from one container to the other. What God asked us 319 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:06,120 Speaker 5: to do many times is more about the obedience than 320 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 5: the actual thing that we're doing. 321 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 4: It's a test. If you'll obey, you'll see God's favor. 322 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 5: In the scripture, Naeman was an army captain, but he 323 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 5: had leprosy. God told him to go wash in the 324 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 5: Jordan rivers seven times and he would be healed. 325 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 4: Naeman didn't want to do that. 326 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 5: He came up with all these excuses, God, the water's 327 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 5: too dirty, we have better rivers back at home. 328 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 4: On and on. 329 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 5: He almost talked himself out of it. The last moment 330 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 5: he decided to do it. When he came up the 331 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 5: seventh time, his skin was perfectly normal. 332 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 4: The healing wasn't in the water. The healing was in 333 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 4: the obedience. 334 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,880 Speaker 5: Are you doing what God is asking you to do? 335 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 5: Are you gathering the containers? Are you pouring the oil? 336 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 5: This lady could have said, elishah, I'm not gonna do that. 337 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 5: It's gonna be a waste of time. 338 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 4: She would have missed her miracle. 339 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 5: When she poured the little oil into the first container, 340 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 5: the oil never stopped flowing. She filled the first one up, 341 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 5: then the second, then the third. 342 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 4: That doesn't make sense. Where was the oil coming from 343 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:12,959 Speaker 4: the source? 344 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 5: When you do what God asked you to do, that 345 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 5: doesn't make sense. 346 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 4: God will do things for you that don't make sense. 347 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 5: He'll show out in your life. 348 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 4: This lady kept. 349 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 5: Pouring oil until all the containers were full. Then she 350 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 5: went out and sold it. She was able to pay 351 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 5: all of her bills. She had plenty left over to 352 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 5: live on. That little bit of oil should have run out, 353 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:43,479 Speaker 5: But God has supernatural provision. He knows how to not 354 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 5: only sustain you, but to increase you to where you 355 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 5: defied the odds. You may have areas in your life 356 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 5: that are dry. 357 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 4: Now. 358 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 5: You haven't seen much good breaks, seen any favor, any increase, 359 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 5: seems like it's permanent. 360 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 4: No, get ready, The flow is coming. God is about 361 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 4: to do something unusual. 362 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 5: You couldn't have made it happen. The odds were against you. 363 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 5: But the Source is going to send a supernatural flow. 364 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 5: It may look like your dream has died up. Fever 365 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 5: is about to flow, Finances are about to flow. Good 366 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 5: breaks are about to flow. The right people are going 367 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 5: to flow. You're not going to have to find them, 368 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 5: They're going to find you. The medical report may not 369 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 5: look good. You feel stuck in your health. Receive this 370 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 5: into your spirit. Healing is flowing, restoration is flowing. Strength 371 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 5: is flowing. You haven't been able to get ahead in 372 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 5: your career. People have held you back, left you out. 373 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 4: Don't get discouraged. The flow is coming. 374 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 5: Promotion is going to flow, Ideas are about to flow, Creativity. 375 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 4: Is going to flow. 376 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 5: Everything that has stopped your flow. I believe right now 377 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 5: tho horses. 378 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 4: Have been broken. 379 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 5: You are coming into supernatural provision, supernatural healing, supernatural connections. 380 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 5: You've heard the saying it's showtime. God is saying it's 381 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:16,439 Speaker 5: flow time. He's about to open the windows of heaven. 382 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 5: Pour out blessings that you could not contain. One touch 383 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 5: of God's favor will take you from famine to flourishing, 384 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 5: from barely enough to. 385 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 4: More than enough. Now get in agreement with God. Father. 386 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 4: Thank you that this job is not my source, but 387 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 4: you are my source. Lord. 388 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 5: I'm grateful for the medicine, but I know you're my healer. 389 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 4: Lord. I don't see how I can. 390 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 5: Accomplish my dreams, but I know you have a way 391 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 5: where I don't see away. I talk to a couple 392 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 5: that wanted to buy a house in another state, and 393 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 5: they were looking in this particular neighborhood. They had found 394 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 5: this one house that they really liked, but every time 395 00:20:58,080 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 5: they tried to move forward, they. 396 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:00,959 Speaker 4: Didn't peace about it. 397 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 5: After several months, they found a much larger piece of 398 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 5: property right on the outskirts of the neighborhood. In the 399 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 5: natural being in the subdivision would have been a better investment. 400 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 5: The property values were higher, but even though they could 401 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 5: afford it, because they didn't have peace about it, they 402 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 5: bought this property right outside the neighborhood. Several months later, 403 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 5: two men knocked on their door. They were geologists. They 404 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,120 Speaker 5: told how they had been studying that area for years. 405 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 5: They had discovered a massive amount of oil under the subdivision. 406 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 5: The problem was the houses were too close together for 407 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 5: them to drill. They said, if you'll let us lease 408 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 5: part of your property so we can drill into the neighborhood, 409 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 5: we'll give you a commission not only off your land, 410 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 5: but off of all the properties in the neighborhood. There 411 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,400 Speaker 5: were twelve hundred homes in that subdivision. 412 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 4: Isaiah said, God knows where the hidden riches are found. 413 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 4: You know why. He's the one that put them there. 414 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 5: He's the source, the creator of the universe, the most 415 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 5: high God. And things may not be flowing in your 416 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 5: life right now, but God knows where all the treasures are. 417 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,199 Speaker 5: He knows how to put you at the right place 418 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 5: at the right time. He may not have you strike aill, 419 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 5: but he can give you one idea that will catapult 420 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 5: you ahead. He can cause one person to come across 421 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 5: your path like he did for us. You'll accomplish a 422 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 5: dream that seems impossible. He knows not only what you need, 423 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 5: but he knows when you're going to need it. Nineteen 424 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 5: ninety seven, I was walking through the lobby before service 425 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 5: one Sunday morning, a man stopped me and said that 426 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 5: his cousin had a construction permit for the last full 427 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 5: power commercial television station in Houston. We bought the permit 428 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 5: and put the station on the air. I thought, that's 429 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 5: what I would do with my life. I loved production 430 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 5: cameras and editing, and having a station seemed like a 431 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 5: perfect fit. But two years later, my father went to 432 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 5: be with the Lord. I never dreamed that I would 433 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:17,959 Speaker 5: become the pastor. Now my focus had changed. Two thousand 434 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 5: and three, we acquired the Compact Center, and we need 435 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 5: one hundred million dollars to renovate. So we decided to 436 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 5: sell the station. We listed it at a certain price. 437 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 4: All the experts. 438 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 5: Said that we would never get that much. One man 439 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 5: had sold more television stations in the US than anyone else. 440 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 5: He said, we were wasting our time asking that amount. 441 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 5: A year later, we sold it for more than we 442 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 5: were asking, over five times what we purchased it for. 443 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 5: We used those funds to renovate this facility. 444 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 4: What am I saying? 445 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 5: God has already lined up everything you're going to need. 446 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 4: He's the source, He's the provider. The scripture says, no 447 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 4: good thing will. 448 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 5: He withhold because you walk up right there. He's not 449 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 5: going to withhold the finances, the health, the ideas. 450 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 4: The connections. 451 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 5: Quit worrying about how it's going to happen. God has 452 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 5: it figured out. He knows how to get you to 453 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 5: your destiny. Now, maybe you've been trying to do this 454 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 5: only in your own strength. You put forth your best effort. 455 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 5: You've tried to get people to help you. It's time 456 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 5: to go to the source. 457 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,160 Speaker 4: God. I can't do it on my own. 458 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to bring this dream to pass. God, 459 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to turn my health around. I'm asking 460 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 5: you to help me to concede to have this baby. 461 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 4: The scripture says, call on the name of the Lord, 462 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 4: and he will answer you. 463 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 5: Sometimes we call on people, we call on friends, we 464 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:51,640 Speaker 5: call on our spouse. 465 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 4: They can only do so much. 466 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 5: But when you call on the source, the creator of 467 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 5: the universe, that's when things will happen that you've couldn't 468 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:00,959 Speaker 5: make happen. 469 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 4: God wants us to depend on him. When we recognize 470 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 4: we can't do it on our own. 471 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 5: We are limited, we have restrictions by ourselves. 472 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 4: Will get stuck. 473 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 5: But when you ask God to help you, when you 474 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 5: call on your creator, supernatural things will happen. God is unlimited, 475 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 5: He controls the universe. The good news is he wants 476 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 5: to help you. 477 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 4: He wants to heal you. 478 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 5: To increase you, to take you where you couldn't go 479 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 5: on your own. He's longing to be good to you. 480 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 5: Look to him as your source. John chapter twenty one. 481 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 5: Peter was out fishing with some of the disciples. Jesus 482 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 5: had been crucified and just risen from the dead. You 483 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 5: can imagine how discouraged Peter must have been and even 484 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 5: confused now that Jesus was not there. Peter went back 485 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 5: to doing what he knew how to do, and that 486 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 5: was fishing. He had done that his whole life. Well, 487 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 5: they had fished all night and caught nothing. Early the 488 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:08,719 Speaker 5: next morning, Jesus appeared to them. He came walking up 489 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 5: on the beach and said, have you caught anything? 490 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 4: They said no. He said, throw your nets on. 491 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 5: The right side of the boat and you'll catch some fish. 492 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 5: When they did, they caught a whole net full of fish. 493 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 5: Instantly Peter recognized that it was Jesus. He jumped out 494 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,360 Speaker 5: of the boat and swam. 495 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 4: To the shore. Jesus had fish cooking over a fire. 496 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 4: He gave Peter some to eat. 497 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 5: What Peter was trying to catch, Jesus not only had 498 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 5: waiting for him, but he had it cooked and ready 499 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 5: to eat. God is saying, what you're trying to accomplish 500 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 5: on your own, If you'll look to me, if you'll 501 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 5: recognize I'm the source, you'll see I have it cooked 502 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 5: and already prepared. 503 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 4: I have it already waiting for you. 504 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 5: Like Peter, you may have done it in the past, 505 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,399 Speaker 5: you were good at it, but there are times that 506 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 5: God will not let what worked in the past continue 507 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 5: to work because he knows we'll think we're doing it 508 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 5: in our own strength, our own ability. God wants us 509 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 5: to see him as the source, to recognize his blessings. 510 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 5: But too often we're striving to make it happen, trying 511 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,200 Speaker 5: to beat down a door, discourage because it's taken too long. 512 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 5: God is saying, come to me, ask me for help, 513 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 5: acknowledge me every day as your source. Peter worked all 514 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 5: night trying to catch fish, while Jesus was sitting on 515 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 5: the shore with a fish dinner waiting for him. What 516 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 5: you're believing, for God has already prepared. The fish is 517 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 5: already caught, the spouse is already picked out, The dream 518 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,919 Speaker 5: is already lined up, the healing has already been purchased. 519 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 5: The fire is lit, the fish is on the You're 520 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 5: about to come into a prepared blessing. 521 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 4: What you couldn't do on your own. God is about 522 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 4: to make happen. Now do your part. 523 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 5: Recognize Him as the source. Every morning. Lord, thank you 524 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 5: that you are my provider. I recognize you are the 525 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 5: giver of every good thing in my life. If you'll 526 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 5: do this, I believe and declare God is about to 527 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 5: bring you some cooked fish, some prepared blessings. You're gonna 528 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 5: come into increase promotion, healing, the fullness of your destiny 529 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 5: in Jesus's name, and if you receive it. Can you say, men, today, 530 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 5: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 531 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 5: the lord of your life. 532 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 533 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 534 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. 535 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 536 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 5: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 537 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 5: keep God first place. 538 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 4: Thank you for listening to the joel Ostine podcast. 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