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Hi, this 44 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 4: is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast 45 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 4: and thanks for supporting the ministry. 46 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 47 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 48 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 49 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 4: your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 50 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 4: come into your home. So thanks for being with us today, 51 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 4: and I hope you'll stay connected all through the week. 52 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 4: We have a daily podcast that you can download, go 53 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 4: to our YouTube channel, watch the messages anytime, or you 54 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 4: can call us on social media. We're gonna keep you 55 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 4: encouraged and inspired. But thanks for tuning in today. I 56 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 4: like to start with something funny, and I heard about 57 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,399 Speaker 4: this man that was out walking on the beach. God said, son, 58 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 4: you've been so faithful, I'm gonna grant you one special wish. 59 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 4: He was so excited. He said, God, I've always wanted 60 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 4: to go to Hawaii, but I'm afraid to fly. So 61 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 4: my wish is that you would build a bridge across 62 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 4: the ocean. God said, son, that's impossible. Think of the 63 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,239 Speaker 4: logistics of that. Now take a moment and wish again. 64 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 4: The man thought about it and said, okay, God, I've 65 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 4: been married four times. All my ex wives say I 66 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 4: am so insensitive. So my wish is that I would 67 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 4: be able to understand a woman. I want to know 68 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 4: why they think like they think, why they feel like 69 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 4: they feel. There was a long pause, and God said, 70 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 4: do you want two lanes or four lanes on that bridge? 71 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 72 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 73 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 74 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 75 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 76 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 77 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 78 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 4: about remember who you are. We all face challenges in 79 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 4: life that we don't know. How are going to work out? 80 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 4: How am I going to get well? How am I 81 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 4: going to meet the right person? How is this dream 82 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 4: going to come to pass? But here's the key. The 83 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 4: how is not as important as the who. When you 84 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 4: know who you are a child of the Most High God, 85 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 4: crowned with favor, with royal blood flowing through your veins, 86 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 4: then the who will override the how. The how is 87 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 4: not up to us. The how may look impossible. If 88 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 4: you stay focused on how, you're going to get worried, discouraged. 89 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 4: Your job is not to figure everything out. Your job 90 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 4: is to honor God, be your best, and he will 91 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 4: take care of the how. We spend too much time 92 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 4: on the how. How is my child going to get 93 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 4: back on course? How am I going to make it 94 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 4: through this pandemic? How can I overcome this opposition at work? 95 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 4: Why don't you spend that same time on the who? Father? 96 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 4: Thank you that I am your child. Thank you that 97 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 4: you handpicked me, You chose me before I could choose you. 98 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 4: Thank you that you are for me, that you are 99 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 4: fighting my battles. If you'll focus on the who, God 100 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 4: will take care of the how. When our children were small, 101 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 4: they never once said, Daddy, how are we going to 102 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 4: pay our bills this month? How are we going to 103 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 4: get to school tomorrow? How are we going to have 104 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 4: something for dinner tonight? They were never concerned about the how, 105 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 4: because they knew the who, because they belonged to us. 106 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 4: They knew their father was going to take care of it. 107 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 4: They knew Daddy is going to keep us safe. Daddy's 108 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 4: going to make sure we get there, Daddy's going to 109 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 4: protect us, provide show us favor. What if we had 110 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 4: that same kind of childlike faith, not trying to figure 111 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 4: out all the hows, worried about how our health is 112 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 4: going to improve, and how we're going to accomplish the goal, 113 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 4: how we're going to get out of this difficulty. Can 114 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 4: I tell you your heavenly Father is going to take care 115 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 4: of the house. When you understand that you belong to him, 116 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 4: then you can live from a place of peace knowing 117 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 4: that Daddy's going to protect you. Dad, he's going to 118 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 4: show you favor, that he's going to turn that problem around. 119 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 4: As an earthly father, I knew how to do things 120 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 4: that my children didn't understand. I had experience, wisdom, strength 121 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 4: that they didn't have. How much more so our heavenly father. 122 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 4: He created the universe, He flung stars into space. He 123 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 4: has ways of doing things that we can't see. He's 124 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 4: working behind the scenes lining up what you need to 125 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 4: accomplish your dreams. He already has a solution to that 126 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 4: problem that's stressing you out. He has angels watching over you, 127 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 4: he has favor surrounding you. He's put a blessing on 128 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 4: your life that circumstances and people cannot stop. You have 129 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 4: an advantage because of who your heavenly Father is. When 130 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 4: you face situations you don't see how they could work out. 131 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 4: Don't live worried. The how is not up to you. 132 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 4: God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to 133 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 4: keep you from your destiny. He won't let you get 134 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 4: in a problem that he can't get you out of. 135 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 4: If you'll stay focused on the Who, knowing that you 136 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 4: are His child, that you are blessed, favored, anointed, empowered, 137 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 4: then God will take care of the house. This is 138 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 4: what David did. At seventeen years old, He was out 139 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 4: in the shepherd's fields when his father asked him to 140 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 4: take lunch to his brothers. They were serving in the 141 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 4: army in another city. When he arrived, he heard Goliath, 142 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 4: the champion of the Philistine army, taunting the Israelites. They 143 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 4: were all afraid, but something rose up in David, a fire, 144 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 4: a passion and anointing. He said, who is this man 145 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 4: that he should defy the armies of the Living God. 146 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 4: He told King Saul that he wanted to fight Goliath. 147 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 4: Saul laughed. Goliath was twice David's size. He was their 148 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 4: most skilled warrior. He was wearing a full of armor. 149 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 4: David had no military training, no experience. The how seemed impossible, 150 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 4: no way in the natural. But David understood this principle 151 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 4: that the howl wasn't up to him. He stood before 152 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 4: Goliath said you come against me with a sword and 153 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 4: a shield, but I come against you in the name 154 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 4: of the Lord God of Israel. He was saying, in effect, Goliath, 155 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 4: I may be small, I may be inexperienced. The odds 156 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 4: are against me, but I have a secret. I know 157 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 4: who I am. I belong to the most high. I 158 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 4: have an advantage. Fever is on my life. He didn't 159 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 4: focus on the how, He focused on the who. He 160 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 4: took his slingshot out, slung that rock, hit Goliath in 161 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 4: the forehead, knocked him unconscious. When you know who you are, 162 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 4: you'll defeat giants that are much bigger. You may be 163 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 4: facing situations now that you don't see how they could 164 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 4: work out. You could live worried, stressed. You have to 165 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 4: shift your perspective from the how to the who. Who 166 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 4: you are is more powerful than any force trying to 167 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 4: stop you. You're not just anyone. You belong to the 168 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 4: most God. He breathed life into you, He chose you, 169 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 4: and the good news is he's backing you up. He 170 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 4: has the hows already figured out. There's no giant too 171 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 4: big for him, no sickness too great, no addiction too powerful, 172 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 4: no obstacle too strong. Like David, you may not see 173 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 4: the how. That's okay. The how is not up to you. 174 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 4: When you know who you are, you live from a 175 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 4: place of faith, a place of trust, a place of confidence, 176 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 4: then you're going to see God show out in your life. 177 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 4: You don't have to have big resources, big talent, big connections. 178 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 4: God will take your sling shop, what seems small and 179 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 4: put his favor on on it, and you will defeat 180 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 4: great giants. It's not so much what you have. It's 181 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 4: the blessing on what you have. It's the favor on 182 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 4: what you have. Where does that come from your talent, 183 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 4: your family, from being good enough? No, it comes from 184 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 4: who you are. When God created you, he put his 185 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 4: blessing on you, He put his favor. Now quit trying 186 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 4: to figure out all the hows and rest in the who. 187 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 4: I heard about these baby cub bears. They were out 188 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 4: in the woods playing having fun when this pack of 189 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 4: wolves came out of nowhere and started toward them. The 190 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 4: cubs saw the wolves out in the distance, but they 191 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 4: didn't get alarmed. They didn't take off running. Seemed like 192 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 4: they were naive, like they were about to be harmed, 193 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,319 Speaker 4: but it didn't bother them. When the wolves got about 194 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 4: twenty yards away, out of nowhere came this huge mama 195 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 4: bear with their paws up in the air, growling forcefully, 196 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 4: just like she was saying, come on, make my day. 197 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 4: Those wolves stopped in their tracks, turned around, and went 198 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 4: back to where they came from. The reason the cubs 199 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 4: weren't upset, the reason they didn't panic is they knew 200 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 4: who they belonged to. They didn't worry about the how, 201 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,839 Speaker 4: how they were going to stay safe, how they were 202 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,719 Speaker 4: not going to be harmed. They knew Mama would take 203 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 4: care of the how. You may have things coming against you, 204 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 4: but you're not on your own. Because of who you are. 205 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 4: You can stay in peace. Not because Mama Bear is 206 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 4: backing you up, but because the Most High God has 207 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 4: your back. He's watching over you, he's pushing back forces 208 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 4: of darkness. He's not allowing that sickness to take you out. 209 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 4: He's not letting those people keep you down. They may 210 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 4: have shown up, but God sees it. He knows what's happening, 211 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 4: and he is on his way. Quit worrying, quit losing sleep. 212 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 4: God has you in the palm of his head, and 213 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 4: he never asked us to figure out the how. In fact, 214 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 4: the scripture says, trust in the Lord with all your heart, 215 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 4: lean not to your own understanding. If you only lean 216 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 4: to your understanding, you're going to get frustrated. Because sometimes 217 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,599 Speaker 4: there is no logical solution, there's no way out in 218 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 4: the natural. But we serve a supernatural God. He can 219 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 4: make things happen that we couldn't make happen. When Victoria 220 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 4: and I had been married about two years, we lived 221 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 4: in an apartment complex and one evening we were out 222 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 4: walking through this nice neighborhood with big trees and beautiful 223 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 4: two story homes. We came to this one house that 224 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 4: was under construction and it was just about finished. It 225 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 4: was late in the day, no one was working, so 226 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 4: we went to look at it. The front door was unlocked, 227 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 4: so we walked in. It was so beautiful. I'll never 228 00:12:56,040 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 4: forget the tall ceilings, the big curved windows, was all 229 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 4: so spacious and well done. As we were walking out 230 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:09,319 Speaker 4: the front sidewalk, Victoria stopped, turned around and said, Joel, 231 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 4: one day we're going to live in a house just 232 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 4: like this. That was so far out of my thinking, 233 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 4: so unbelievable. I couldn't even fathom it. Now. I started 234 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 4: telling her all the reasons why it wasn't going to happen. 235 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 4: I said, Victoria, that's impossible. This is how much we make. 236 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 4: I work for a ministry, even if we say for 237 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 4: years we wouldn't have enough. I went on and on 238 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 4: that no more affected her. She said, no, Joel, I 239 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 4: know down in my spirit is going to happen. The 240 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 4: more she believed, the more aggravated that made me. I 241 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 4: did my best to convince her to be a doubter. 242 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 4: Come on, we're limited, We'll never have enough. We're at 243 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 4: a disadvantage. Her attitude was no, thanks. I know who 244 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 4: I am. I am blessed, i am favored, I am anointed. 245 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 4: I'm a child of the most high. I wonder how 246 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 4: many times we're doing like I did. I can't get well. 247 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 4: Have you seen the medical report. I'll never break this addiction. 248 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 4: I've had it since high school. My business will never 249 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,959 Speaker 4: succeed I don't have the resources, the connections. All this time, 250 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 4: you're focused on the how, thinking about what you can't do, 251 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 4: what you don't have. God is saying, let me take 252 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 4: care of the how. You just focus on the who. 253 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 4: You Believe that you're my child, Believe that you have 254 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 4: an advantage. Believe that I'm a good father. Believe that 255 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 4: I will take care of you, heal you, restore you, 256 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 4: favor you, prosper you. We would walk that pass several 257 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 4: times a week. Every time Victoria would say, there's that 258 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 4: house we're going to live in something like that. One day, 259 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 4: after hearing that over and over, she started to convince me, 260 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 4: you've heard that, saying if you can't beat them, join them. 261 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 4: She wasn't going to sit down to where I was, 262 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 4: so I decided to rise up to where she was. 263 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 4: Don't let people speaking doubt, defeat, negativity cause you to 264 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 4: give up on your dreams. Instead of letting them talk 265 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 4: you out of it, you need to keep saying it 266 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 4: so much that you talked them into it. Several years later, 267 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 4: we bought an old rundown house on a nice piece 268 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 4: of property close into the city. The day we closed 269 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 4: on the house, we were standing in the front yard. 270 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 4: A car pulled up and stopped. This lady got out 271 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 4: and said she was a realator. She asked if we 272 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 4: wanted to sell the property. I said no, we just 273 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 4: bought it. She said, well, how about selling it for 274 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 4: a significant profit. I told her that we wanted to 275 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 4: keep it. She said, congratulations, you just bought your dream house. 276 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 4: I didn't know what she was talking about. A few 277 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 4: months later, the neighborhood changed the deed restrictions where you 278 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 4: could subdivide the lots. A year later, we sold half 279 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 4: the property for more than wet the whole property for 280 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 4: a builder built two homes on it, one for us. 281 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 4: We sold that home and bought a house down the 282 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 4: street from the original house. Victoria said we were going 283 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 4: to live in. When we moved in, I said, Victoria, 284 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 4: here's this house I always said we were going to 285 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 4: live in. She almost didn't even let me stay there. 286 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 4: Are you trying to figure out the house? Leave that 287 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 4: up to God. You focus on the who Lord. Thank 288 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 4: you that i'm your child, that you've chosen me, that 289 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 4: you've ordered my steps. You said your plans for me 290 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 4: are for good. You said you would do more than 291 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 4: I can ask, think or imagine one time the disciples 292 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 4: asked Jesus how to pray, and he gave them what 293 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 4: we know now as the Lord's Prayer. He started off saying, 294 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 4: our father, who aren't in heaven, goes on to talk 295 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 4: about give us our daily bread, protect us from evil, 296 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 4: help us to forgive, on and on. But it's significant 297 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 4: that before we add for our needs, before we ask 298 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 4: for protection for guidance, God said, I want you to 299 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 4: acknowledge who you are. I want you to see yourself 300 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 4: as my child, our father. You're saying, God, I know 301 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 4: who I am. I belong to you. You're my father. 302 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,919 Speaker 4: You created me, you love me, you care for me, 303 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 4: you protect me, you favor me. If you don't know 304 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 4: who you are, then the rest of this prayer is 305 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 4: not going to be effective. You can't ask in faith 306 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 4: for the daily bread, the protection, the provision if you 307 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 4: don't know you're his child. You may have some house, 308 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 4: you don't know how you're going to finish school, how 309 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,239 Speaker 4: your family is going to stay together, how you're going 310 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 4: to come out of that depression. But if you will 311 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 4: just keep the who, God, You're my father, I'm your child. God, 312 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 4: I trust you when you know the who God will 313 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 4: take care of the house. Luke Chapter one. There's the 314 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 4: story of marya, the mother of Jesus. She was a 315 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 4: teenager living in Nazareth, one of the poorest cities of 316 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 4: that region. An angel appeared to her and said that 317 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 4: she was going to have a baby without knowing a man. 318 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 4: He said he would be the Messiah. They were to 319 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 4: name him Jesus. Mary was confused. She thought, that's impossible. 320 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 4: You can't have a baby without a man. That defies 321 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,360 Speaker 4: the laws of nature. She said to the angel, how 322 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 4: can I have a baby? I'm a virgin. Mary had 323 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,719 Speaker 4: a howl. I don't see how this can happen. The 324 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 4: angel said, the Holy Spirit will come upon you. The 325 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 4: power of the Most High will overshadow you, and you 326 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 4: will have this child. He was saying, in effect, Mary, 327 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 4: don't worry about the how God will take care of 328 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 4: the How Like Mary, you may have a howl. God's 329 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 4: given you a promise, but seems impossible. How can you 330 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 4: get well? How can you come out of death? How 331 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 4: can you accomplish your dream? God is saying to you 332 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 4: what he said to Mary. The power of the Most 333 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 4: High will overshadow you. One version says overtake you, those 334 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 4: dreams that look impossible. You're going to see God's favor 335 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 4: overtake you. Healing, overtake you, Freedom, overtake you. Overtake means 336 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 4: you can't outrun it, you can't hide from it. The 337 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 4: power of the Most High is going to make things 338 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,719 Speaker 4: happen that you couldn't make happen. Don't worry about the 339 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 4: house may seem too big, too late, too far, too much. 340 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 4: That's the way Mary felt. Listen to what she said. 341 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 4: She could have doubted like I did. Who will never 342 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 4: live in a house like that? Are you kidding? Have 343 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 4: a baby without a man? But Mary said in verse 344 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 4: thirty eight, I am the Lord's child. I will accept 345 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 4: whatever he wants. May everything you said come true? Instead 346 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 4: of focusing on the how she switched over to the 347 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 4: who I know who I am the Lord's child, I 348 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 4: am favored, I am blessed, I am anointed. Why don't 349 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 4: you do like Mary and leave the howl up to 350 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 4: God and just stay focused on who you are. Lord. 351 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 4: Thank you that you're my father, that you're working in 352 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 4: my life, that you're taking me where I can't go 353 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 4: on my own. God is going to put dreams in 354 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 4: your heart that seem impossible. Obstacles will come that look 355 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 4: too big, enemies too strong. That's when it's easy to 356 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,360 Speaker 4: let the hows talk you out of it. I don't 357 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 4: see how this can work out, Joe. You don't have to. 358 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 4: The how is not up to you. The power of 359 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 4: the Most High is going to work it out. Take 360 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 4: the pressure off yourself. Quit living worried, frustrated. It's not 361 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 4: going to be by your strength, by your ability, but 362 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 4: by the spirit of the living God. The Angel told 363 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 4: Mary that it was going to happen without knowing a man. 364 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 4: Was talking about the physical, but this has a deeper meaning. 365 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 4: God was showing us that you're not dependent on people. 366 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 4: What you're believing for can happen without a man. Well, 367 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 4: if I can just get this manager to like me, 368 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 4: if I can get this friend to give me a 369 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 4: good break, you don't need who you think you need. 370 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 4: When it's your time, the power of a Most High 371 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 4: will overtake you. When God shows up. Nothing can stand 372 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 4: in his way. Chains will break, doors will open, opportunity 373 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 4: will come. If it can happen without a man, then 374 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 4: it can happen without a bank, without the treatment, without 375 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 4: the experience, without the resources. God is about to surprise you. 376 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 4: Like with Mary, It's going to be something you've never seen, 377 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 4: something that's never happened in your family, something that defies 378 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 4: the odds catapults you into your destiny. I talked to 379 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 4: a young lady that had big dreams. She knew God's 380 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 4: hand on her, but she made poor decisions. She was 381 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 4: at the wrong place the wrong time. She ended up 382 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 4: in prison. She was so depressed and so down on 383 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 4: herself that she didn't want to live. Someone gave her 384 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 4: one of my books and she started reading it. Hope 385 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 4: began to feel her heart. Dreams started coming back to life. 386 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 4: She got her passion back. She believed that she was 387 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 4: still a child of God, redeemed and forgiven. The problem 388 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 4: was the how how could she fulfill her purpose. She 389 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 4: was in prison, looked like she would be there for 390 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 4: many years, but through a series of unusual events, she 391 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 4: was unexpectedly released years ahead of schedule. When the power 392 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 4: of the most high overtakes you, doors will open that 393 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 4: shouldn't open. She went back to school and got her 394 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 4: master's degree in counseling, then her PhD. Now she's helping 395 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 4: people that were like her in a dark place struggling 396 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 4: with depression, she said, I never dreamed I would be 397 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 4: where I am. You don't have to figure out the how. 398 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 4: Just get the who right, and God will take care 399 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 4: of the how. You may have made mistakes, that's not 400 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 4: who you are, that's what you did. You are still 401 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 4: a son, a daughter of the Most High, forgiven, redeemed, restored, 402 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 4: called equipped, chosen, and anointed. Keep your shoulders back, hold 403 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 4: your head up high. The enemy would love for you 404 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 4: to go through life with your who messed up, thinking 405 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 4: you've blown it, you missed your chance. You're not worthy, 406 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 4: not valuable. Just sit on the sidelines. Don't believe those lies. 407 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 4: Nothing you've done has changed who you are. No mistake 408 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 4: you've made has disqualified you. When you gave your life 409 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 4: to Christ, you were born into God's family. You can't 410 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 4: get unborn. His calling on your life doesn't go because 411 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 4: you've made mistakes. He took wrong turns, you got off course. 412 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 4: You are still his child. In the scripture, God told 413 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 4: Jonah to go one way, but he went the other. 414 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:14,879 Speaker 4: He knew what he was supposed to do, to go 415 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 4: to the city of Nineveh tell them to repent, but 416 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 4: he went exactly opposite. He ended up on a boat 417 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 4: in the middle of a huge storm. He finally admitted 418 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 4: to the crew that he was the problem. They were 419 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 4: so grateful, they said, thank you Jonah. They threw him overboard. 420 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 4: He should have been done. This should have been the 421 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 4: end of his story. But it just so happened. There 422 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 4: was a big fish that swallowed Jonah. Even when we 423 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 4: make mistakes, even when we bring trouble on ourselves, God 424 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,959 Speaker 4: is so merciful, He'll still protect us. He'll still provide 425 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 4: a way of escape. Jonah was sitting in the belly 426 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 4: of that well, seaweed wrapped around his head. It was dark, smelly. 427 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 4: He didn't see how he could get out. He could 428 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 4: have complained, been depressed. He said in verse seven, my 429 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:10,919 Speaker 4: life was slipping away. Then I remembered the Lord, my God. 430 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 4: He was saying, in effect, I was just about done. 431 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 4: Then I remembered who I am. He started thanking God 432 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 4: in the belly of the well. The how looked impossible. 433 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 4: How could he get out? How could he survive? All 434 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 4: the odds were against him. But as he was thanking God, 435 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,479 Speaker 4: the scripture says, God caused the fish to spit him 436 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 4: up on dry ground. You don't have to figure out 437 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 4: the how. God controls the universe. He controls fish. One 438 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 4: time he told Peter to go to the lake, and 439 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 4: the first fish he caught had coins to pay their taxes. 440 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 4: God controls the economy, He controls finances. He even controls 441 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 4: your enemies. The scripture says God caused Pharaoh to harden 442 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 4: his heart. When you remember who you are, God will 443 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 4: cause things to happen. The medical report doesn't look good, 444 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 4: don't worry. God can cause you to get well. He 445 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 4: controls the number of your days. People at work are 446 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 4: against you. They're more powerful, have more influence. God will 447 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 4: cause you to overcome. That's not your battle. The how 448 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 4: is not up to you. The battle is the Lord's. 449 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 4: Your business seems stuck, look like you've reached your limits. 450 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 4: God will cause you to succeed. He'll cause opportunities to 451 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 4: come your way. When you know who you are, you 452 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 4: won't get discouraged by the how. You know. The Lord 453 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 4: will cause things to happen. I believe even now, God 454 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 4: is causing your health to turn around. He's causing that depression, 455 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 4: that anxiety, that fear to leave. He's causing the right 456 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 4: people to find you. He's causing you to conceive that 457 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 4: baby you've been dreaming about. He's causing that trouble in 458 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 4: your family to resolve, causing that child to get back 459 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 4: on course. You couldn't make it happen. The odds were 460 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 4: against you. But suddenly things are going to fall into place. Well, Joe, 461 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 4: this sounds good, but I don't see how it can happen. 462 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 4: Neither did Jonah, neither did Mary, neither did David. But 463 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 4: the how is not your job. You focus on the 464 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 4: who and let God take care of the how. He 465 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 4: parted red seas, he brought water out of a rock. 466 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 4: He caused Isaac to prosper in a famine, Sarah to 467 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 4: have a baby at eighty four Leopards, to defeat a 468 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 4: huge army. He knows how to get you to your destiny. 469 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 4: And in difficult times, when life is not fair, when 470 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 4: we've made mistakes, gone through disappointments, that's when it's easy 471 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 4: to get discouraged, give up on that dream. You have 472 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 4: to remember who you are father. Thank you that I 473 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 4: am your child, that you have me in the palm 474 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 4: of your hand, that you are making ways where I 475 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 4: don't see away, that you will get me to where 476 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 4: I'm supposed to be. When we greet people, we often 477 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 4: ask how are you? If we were honest, sometimes we'd 478 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,360 Speaker 4: answer I'm lonely, I'm fighting an illness, I've been through 479 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 4: a loss, I'm in a belly of a well. That's 480 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 4: how you are, but that's not who you are. Circumstances 481 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 4: may have taken your how. The good news is they 482 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:25,360 Speaker 4: couldn't take your who. You may have been through disappointments, 483 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 4: bad breaks, loss that didn't affect your identity. You are 484 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 4: still His child. You are still blessed, you are still favored, 485 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 4: You are still forgiven. You still have an awesome destiny 486 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 4: to fulfill. Quit worrying about the how and start focusing 487 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 4: on the who. If you'll do this, I believe and 488 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 4: declare life with Mary, the power of the Most High 489 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 4: is about to overtake you. Dreams that look impossible are 490 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 4: about to come to pass. Problems that seem permanent are 491 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 4: about to turn around. Healing is coming, breakthrough coming, freedom 492 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 4: is coming. The fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, 493 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 4: And if you receive it, can you say him in Today? 494 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 495 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 4: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 496 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 497 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. 498 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 4: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 499 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 4: born again. We'd love to send you some information on 500 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 4: your new walk with the Lord. You can text the 501 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 4: number on the screen or go to the website. I 502 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 4: encourage you to get into a good Bible based church 503 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 4: and keep God first place. Thanks so much for listening 504 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 4: to today's message. 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