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I like to start with something funny, 46 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 5: and I heard about these three men a Baptist, a Catholic, 47 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 5: and a Charismatic. 48 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 6: They died on the same day and went to heaven. 49 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 5: Saint Peter met him at the gates and said, I'm sorry, men, 50 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 5: your rooms are not available yet. 51 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 6: He didn't know what to. 52 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 5: Do, and he decided to call Satan and see if 53 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 5: he would keep them for a little while. Satan reluctantly agreed. 54 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 5: A few hours later, Satan called back and said, Peter, you've. 55 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 6: Got to come get these guys. 56 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 5: The Baptist man is saving everybody, Catholic man is forgiving everybody, 57 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 5: and the Charismatic has already raised enough money for air conditioning. 58 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 5: Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 59 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,679 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 60 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 61 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 62 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 63 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 64 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 65 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about no more excuses. It's 66 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 5: easy to come up with a reason why we can't 67 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 5: accomplish a dream, why we can't be happy, why we 68 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 5: can't overcome a problem. 69 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 6: Excuses are a dime a dozen. We think I've got 70 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 6: an excuse to be sour. 71 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 5: Traffic was bad, my boss was rude, a coworker left 72 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 5: me out. I've got an excuse to be offended. These 73 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 5: people hurt me, they didn't keep their word, they betrayed me. 74 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 6: Or I've got an excuse to settle where I am. 75 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 5: I had a bad childhood, I lost a loved one, 76 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 5: went through a breakup. As long as you're making excuses, 77 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 5: you will justify staying where you are. Excuses give us 78 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 5: permission to settle for less than God's best. You can 79 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 5: find an excuse about anything. When my nephew, Matthew was 80 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 5: about four years old, he was out walking through the 81 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 5: woods with my father down this trail and they came 82 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 5: upon this big grandaddy long legged spider on the ground. 83 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 5: Matt was about to stomp it with his shoe. My 84 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 5: father said, Matt, don't do that. We're out here where 85 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 5: he lives. He didn't do anything wrong. Let's leave him alone. 86 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 5: Matt contemplated it for a little while. He wasn't fully convinced, 87 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,119 Speaker 5: but he finally turned and walked off. He got about 88 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 5: fifteen steps away, He turned around, ran back and smashed 89 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 5: that spider as hard as he could with his foot. 90 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 6: My dad said, Matt, why'd you do that? 91 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 5: He looked at him and said, Granddaddy, the devil made 92 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 5: me do it. It's easy to find an excuse. I 93 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 5: can't lose this weight. My metabolism is too slow. One 94 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 5: man said, My metabolism is not slow. 95 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 6: It's in a coma. I can't break this addiction. 96 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 5: Everybody in my family has it. It's in my genes. 97 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 5: It's been passed down to me. Yes, it may be 98 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 5: in your genes. But the good news is you can 99 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 5: turn off those genes. You have the power to overcome it. 100 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 5: But the only way it's going to happen is. 101 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 6: If you get rid of the excuses. 102 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 5: As long as you're blaming the past, blaming a neighbor, 103 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 5: blaming the traffic. 104 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 6: The weather, then you're going to get stuck. 105 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to throw out the excuses. It may 106 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 5: be a valid excuse, it wasn't fair. You went through 107 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 5: a disappointment, a sickness, a betrayal. But you have to 108 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 5: draw the line in the sand and say I refuse 109 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 5: to live my life with a chip on my shoulder. 110 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 6: Angry, upset, with no passion. 111 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 5: If you'll get rid of the excuses, God will be 112 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 5: your vindicator. 113 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 6: God will pay you back for the unfair things. 114 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 5: This is your year to step up to a new level, 115 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 5: to see God's favor in a new way. 116 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 6: Now have this attitude. 117 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 5: No more excuses, no excuses to be unhappy. This day 118 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 5: is a gift from God. I'm going to enjoy it 119 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 5: in spite of what's going on. No excuses to settle 120 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 5: for mediocrity, give up on my dreams. I'm pursuing my goals, 121 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 5: overcoming obstacles, breaking these bad habits. 122 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 6: Or how about no excuses to. 123 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 5: Go around feeling inferior. I know who I am, a 124 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 5: child of the Most High God. Well, Joel, I don't 125 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 5: think I could accomplish my goals. 126 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 6: I'm not that talented. 127 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 5: I don't really have the connections. I didn't get what 128 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 5: my friends got. They have the looks, the personality, the 129 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 5: good breaks. 130 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 6: Here's the key. If you didn't get it, then you 131 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 6: don't need it. 132 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 5: You have exactly what you need. If you needed what 133 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 5: they had, God would have. 134 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 6: Given it to you. 135 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 5: Now quit comparing yourself and start running your race. 136 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 6: You are anointed to be you. 137 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 5: Nobody can beat you at being you. You are fully loaded, 138 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 5: totally equipped, uniquely designed for the race that's been laid 139 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 5: out for you. 140 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 6: I get rid of those excuses I'm. 141 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 5: Too tall, too sure, too old, wrong nationality. You have 142 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 5: been fearfully and wonderfully made step up to. 143 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 6: Who you were created to be. 144 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 5: When my father went to be with the Lord, I 145 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 5: knew I was supposed to step up and pasture the church. 146 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 5: But all these excuses flooded my mind. I don't have 147 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 5: the training, I've never ministered before. My personality is too 148 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 5: laid back, my voice is not strong enough. If I 149 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 5: would have held on to those excuses, I wouldn't be 150 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 5: standing here today. Any time God is about to take 151 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 5: you to a new level, there will be excuses you 152 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 5: have to first get rid of. 153 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 6: Before you see promotion. 154 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 5: I have to get rid of that excuse I'm not qualified, 155 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 5: I'm not that talented. I can't do that. Before you 156 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 5: break the addiction. Get rid of the excuse I've had it. 157 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 6: Too long, I'm not disciplined enough. Before you meet the. 158 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 5: Person of your dreams, you have to get rid of 159 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 5: the excuse. I'm not that attractive, I don't have a 160 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 5: good personality. Friends, God wants to do something new in 161 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 5: your life. He wants to take you to a new 162 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 5: level of your destiny? Are you allowing excuses to hold 163 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 5: you back? When I stepped up and started ministering, I 164 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 5: would write out all my sermons by hand. I would 165 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 5: have twenty pages of notes scribbled here and there all 166 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 5: over the desk. On Saturday, I would try to put 167 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 5: them all together and hope that somehow it made sense. Now, 168 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 5: a couple of months in, Victoria came and said, Joel, 169 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 5: you're wasting so much time writing this all. 170 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 6: Out by hand. 171 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 5: You need to get a computer and start typing it. 172 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 5: That way you can and cut and pace, move it 173 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 5: around and be so much easier. Well, I had taken 174 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 5: typing in high school, but I hadn't typed in twenty years. 175 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 5: I reached into my excuse bag and I pulled a 176 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 5: couple hours. I said, Victoria, I can't do that. I 177 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 5: don't know how to type, I would say, and in effect, 178 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 5: I'm limited. I'm not up to par I can't learn 179 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 5: anything new. She looked at me and said, Joel, you 180 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 5: are thirty six years old. 181 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 6: You can do anything you put your mind to. 182 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,719 Speaker 5: We're going to get a computer, and you're going to 183 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 5: start typing out these messages. 184 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 6: She didn't ask me, she told me. 185 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 5: All I could say was just ma'am. But sometimes you 186 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 5: need someone to speak the truth in love to you. 187 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 5: Maybe you're coasting like I was, thinking that you can't 188 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 5: step up. 189 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 6: You've reached your limits. 190 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 5: Now you have gifts and talents on the inside that 191 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 5: you've not tapped into. I'm telling you, like Victory, it 192 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 5: told me, no ifs ands or butts, it's time to 193 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 5: lose the excuse bag. 194 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 6: Step up to a new level. 195 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 5: Start learning something new, Start training for that next program, 196 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 5: Start taking on more responsibility, or how about start writing 197 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 5: that book, Start writing those songs, start developing that business plan. 198 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 5: You have potential lying dormant on the inside right now. 199 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 6: It's seeds of greatness. 200 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 5: The enemy would love to use excuses to keep it 201 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 5: from ever coming out. 202 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 6: You got to stir up what God put on the inside. 203 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 5: Quit telling yourself what you can't do, how you don't 204 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 5: have the discipline, the training, the education. 205 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 6: You have everything you need. You are well able. God 206 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 6: has already put it in you. Now. 207 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 5: I started typing my messages on the computer, and it 208 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 5: was like night and day difference. A couple of weeks, 209 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 5: it all came back. I remembered how to type. Saved 210 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 5: me hours every week. Since then, I've typed seven books, 211 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 5: hundreds of messages. I'm so glad I had that idea. 212 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 5: If you've heard that saying you can't teach an old 213 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 5: dog new tricks, but I've learned it depends on what kind. 214 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 6: Of dog you have. 215 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 5: If your dog thinks I'm limited, I'm lacking, I can't 216 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 5: learn anything new, then that dog will get stuck. But 217 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 5: if you have a dog that says I'm well able, 218 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 5: I'm equipped, empowered, nothing's too hard for me. That dog 219 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 5: will learn new tricks. My message make sure you're the 220 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 5: right kind of dog. Are you stuck doing something the 221 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 5: old fashioned way, because like I did, you think you 222 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 5: don't have the talent, the know how, the ability to 223 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 5: step into the new or quit discounting yourself. You have 224 00:11:55,840 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 5: what you need to live in this generation. Quit shrinking back. 225 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 5: Don't let those excuses convince you. 226 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 6: That you are lacking. 227 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 5: You're too old, too young, not up to speed, not 228 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 5: up to par. God put in you what you need 229 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 5: for this day. This is your time to shine. Get 230 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 5: rid of those limiting excuses, stay open for new ideas, 231 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 5: new ways to do things. Thing I love about my 232 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 5: mom She's eighty one years old. She sends us kids 233 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 5: group text all through the day. Most of them make sense, 234 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 5: but I love the fact that she's not intimidated to 235 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 5: learn something new. I'm just praying she doesn't discover Instagram. 236 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 5: But seriously, when we keep making excuses, they become a crutch. 237 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 5: That way we can justify while we're not where we're 238 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 5: supposed to be. Well, they hurt me, they did me wrong. 239 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 5: Now I have to use this self pity crutch to 240 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,319 Speaker 5: hobble along. I've got a reason to be this way. 241 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 5: Or my friend is more talented, they got the looks, 242 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 5: the personality, So I've got to use this inferior crutch, 243 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 5: This not up to par crutch. Or I made some 244 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 5: mistakes in life, didn't raise my kids right, blew my relationship. 245 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 6: That's why I'm using this regret crutch. This not up 246 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 6: to par crutch. Every time you. 247 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 5: Make an excuse, it's slowing you down, it's causing you 248 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 5: to hobble. And the tragedy is some people spend their whole. 249 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 6: Life on crutches. Don't let that be you. 250 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 5: If you'll get rid of the excuses, believe that you 251 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 5: have what it takes, trust God to make your wrongs right. 252 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 5: Then instead of hobbling barely getting by, you'll keep stepping 253 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 5: into new levels of your Destiny's what a young lady 254 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 5: did named Wilma. She was born prematurely back in the 255 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 5: nineteen forties, the twentieth of twenty two children. When she 256 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 5: was four years old, she developed polio in her left leg. 257 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,199 Speaker 5: It shriveled up so badly the doctors told her parents 258 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 5: she would probably never walk again. When other kids were 259 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 5: out playing and having fun, she was at home, not 260 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 5: able to walk. She spent two years bedridden. She could 261 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 5: have thought, Hey, this is my lot in life. I've 262 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 5: had a bad break, got a good reason to settle 263 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 5: where I am. 264 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 6: No Wilma had this no excuses mentality. 265 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 5: A caring doctor made her a special leg brace and 266 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 5: a shoe. Against all odds, she learned how to walk 267 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 5: at eleven years of age without her parents knowing it. 268 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 5: She started taking off the brace, going out and playing 269 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 5: with the other kids. She developed a great passion for running. 270 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 5: Some days she'd go out and run for hours at 271 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 5: a time. One day, a coach from Tennessee State University 272 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 5: noticed how much she loved to run and how fast 273 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 5: she was. He invited her to try out for the team. 274 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 5: She not only made team, but it's sixteen years old. 275 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 5: She qualified for the nineteen fifty six Olympics went on 276 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 5: to win a bronze medal. Four years later, in the 277 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 5: nineteen sixty Olympics, Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals went 278 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 5: on to become. 279 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 6: A national hero. 280 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 5: That's what happens when you don't let self pity become 281 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 5: a crutch. You don't sit around thinking about what you 282 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 5: didn't get. 283 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 6: How you don't measure up. 284 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 5: You'll beat the odds. God will get you to where 285 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 5: you're supposed to be. We've all had bad breaks, things 286 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 5: we don't understand. But if that was going to keep 287 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 5: you from your destiny, God would have never permitted it. 288 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 6: Don't let it become a crutch. 289 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 5: Don't use it as an excuse to settle where you are. 290 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 5: Do like Wilma, stir up what God's put on the inside. 291 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 6: You'll go places that you never dreamed. 292 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 5: In the scripture, there was a man that had been 293 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 5: blind since his birth. 294 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 6: Some people ask Jesus why was he born? This way. 295 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 5: Whose fault was it his or his parents? They wanted 296 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 5: somebody to blame, an excuse, a reason. Jesus said to them, 297 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 5: it's nobody's fault. He was born this way so that 298 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 5: the goodness of God might be displayed in his life. 299 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 6: Jesus touched his eyes. 300 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 5: And instantly he could see when you have a bad break, 301 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 5: a disadvantage, don't get stuck looking for someone or something 302 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 5: to blame. 303 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 6: You're not always going. 304 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 5: To understand why things happen in life. But if you'll 305 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 5: stay in faith, it won't work against you, it will 306 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 5: work for you. God will use it to show out 307 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 5: in your life. But like these people, it's easy to 308 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 5: want to blame the parents. It's their fault. That's why 309 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 5: he's blind. Blame the man, Blame the neighbor, Blame a friend. 310 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 5: All that's going to do is give you a reason 311 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 5: to feel sorry for yourself. 312 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 6: Before long, you'll have that crutch. 313 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 5: Nothing that's happened to you is a surprise to God. 314 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 5: You have to take the hand you've been dealt and. 315 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 6: Make the most of it. 316 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 5: May not have been fair, but God is fair. He 317 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 5: is a god of justice. He sees every wrong that's 318 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 5: been done to you every hurt, every disadvantage, and if 319 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 5: you won't let it become an excuse to get bitter, 320 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 5: to have a chip on your shoulder, then God said, 321 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 5: He'll take that wrong and he'll turn it around and 322 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 5: use it to your advantage. He will pay you back 323 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 5: for the unfair things. See, people can't stop your destiny. 324 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,239 Speaker 5: What they said about you, what they did to you, 325 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 5: how they tried to make you feel, doesn't have to 326 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 5: affect you. The only power that has over you is 327 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 5: the power that you give it. If you sit around 328 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 5: nursing your wounds, thinking about the wrong, about how bad 329 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 5: it was, that's. 330 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 6: Going to become a crutch that will hold you back. 331 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 5: But if you'll let it go, God will fight your battles. 332 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 5: God will be your vindicator. We see this principle in 333 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 5: the life of Joseph. He went through one unfair situation 334 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 5: after another. His brothers betrayed him and sold him into slavery. 335 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:16,120 Speaker 6: He could have. 336 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 5: Become bitter, thought I've got a good excuse to live 337 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:23,199 Speaker 5: my life angry. He was lied about, falsely accused, and 338 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 5: put in prison, another excuse to have a chip on 339 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 5: his shoulder. He spent years in that prison for something 340 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 5: that he didn't do. 341 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 6: He could have come up with. 342 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:37,719 Speaker 5: An excuse after excuse to settle where he was, but 343 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 5: Joseph knew those excuses would become crutches that would keep 344 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 5: him from his destiny. 345 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 6: He had this no excuse mentality. 346 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 5: He kept shaking off the disappointments, overlooking the offenses, doing 347 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 5: the right thing when the wrong thing was happening. In 348 00:18:55,880 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 5: the end, he came out vindicated, promoted in a place 349 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 5: of honor, prestige, influence. You may have had some bad breaks, 350 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 5: things you don't understand, but don't get stuck looking back, 351 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 5: reliving the negative. 352 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 6: That is a distraction. 353 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 5: If you'll do like Joseph and keep moving forward, taking 354 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 5: the high road, doing the right thing, God will get 355 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 5: you to where you're supposed to be. No bad break 356 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 5: can stop you. A disadvantage, and injustice, God has the 357 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 5: final sack. Well, you say, Joel, they hurt me, they 358 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 5: did me wrong. I say this respectfully. Everybody's been hurt. 359 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 5: You have to get over it. Well, they left me out, 360 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 5: everybody's been left out. They lied about me, everybody's been 361 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 5: lied about. It's not worth missing your destiny over I'm 362 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 5: not saying what they did was okay. What I'm saying 363 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 5: is it doesn't have to control the rest of your life. 364 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 5: It would be easy to live with a chip on 365 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 5: your shoulder thinking about how wrong it is. Before long 366 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 5: you'll have that crutch that will cause you to hobble 367 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 5: when God created you to run. 368 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 6: You've got to draw the line in the sand, say 369 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 6: that's it. No more excuses. 370 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 5: Can't do anything about the past, but I can do 371 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 5: something about right now. I am going to live my 372 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 5: life in faith, trust in God to make it up 373 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 5: to me. Friends, this day is a gift. Once we 374 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 5: live it, we can never get it back. Life is 375 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 5: too short to waste another day angry, offended in self pity. 376 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 5: Like Joseph, you may have had a rough start, but 377 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 5: you don't have to have a rough finish. God wants 378 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 5: to pay you back. He wants to give you beauty 379 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 5: for the ashes, double for the injustice. Now I realize 380 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 5: it's not always easy to get over it. It's not 381 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 5: necessarily easy to move forward. 382 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 6: But here's the key. 383 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 5: The pain of letting it go is less than the 384 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 5: pain of holding. 385 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 6: On and missing your destiny. 386 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 5: In the Scripture, it tells us to be imitators of Christ. 387 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 5: His life should be our example. And if we're going 388 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 5: to be like Jesus, that means we're going to have 389 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 5: people come against us, try to make. 390 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 6: Us look bad. 391 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 5: It means we're going to be misunderstood and criticized. We're 392 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 5: going to have a garden of gasimine or times we 393 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:34,119 Speaker 5: feel alone and abandon and yes, we may even have 394 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 5: a Judas. People that betray us turn their back and 395 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 5: walk away. It's interesting when Judas came with the soldiers 396 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 5: to betray Jesus, Jesus said to him, friend, what have 397 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 5: you come here to do. Jesus knew he was going 398 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 5: to betray him, but he still called him friend. His 399 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 5: attitude was, I've already gotten over what you're about to do. 400 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 5: Your poor choice is not gonna steal my joy nor 401 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 5: stop my destiny. My father has the final say, and 402 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 5: it may get a little rough, but I know in 403 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 5: the end, I'm gonna come out wearing that victor's crown. 404 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 5: If we will do like Jesus and not get bitter 405 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 5: when unfair things happen, trust our father to make it 406 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 5: up to us. At some point we two will be 407 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 5: wearing the victor's crown. Like Joseph, You'll come out vindicated, 408 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 5: promoted in a place of honor and influence. John chapter five. 409 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 5: There's the story about a crippled man. He'd been lying 410 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 5: at the pool of Bethesda for thirty eight years, and 411 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 5: every once in a while an angel would come by 412 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 5: and move the water. 413 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 6: The first person in would be healed. 414 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 5: The amplified version describes this man's condition as a deep 415 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 5: seated lingering disorder. What is a lingering disorder? It's not 416 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 5: just physical. But when we stay focused on negative things 417 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 5: of the past, we keep making excuses and not move forward. 418 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 5: Those lingering disorders can keep us from our destiny. And 419 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 5: one day Jesus came by and saw the man lying there. 420 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 5: It was obvious that he was crippled. Jesus knew the 421 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 5: reason he was by the pool was to try to 422 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 5: get well, but he asked him what seemed to be 423 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 5: a strange question. He said to the man, do you 424 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,919 Speaker 5: want to get well? One version says, are you serious 425 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 5: about getting well? By the way this man responded, it 426 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 5: shows us why he had been that way so long. 427 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 5: He said, yes, but I don't have anybody to help me. 428 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 5: I'm at a disadvantage. 429 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 6: I'm all at loan. You see my legs. 430 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,199 Speaker 5: When the Angel comes, everybody gets in in front of me. 431 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 6: He made excuse after excuse. 432 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 5: He'd use those excuses so long they had become a crutch. 433 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 5: Now I love the way. Jesus answered back. He didn't 434 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 5: respond to the man's sad story. He didn't say, well, 435 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 5: I feel sorry for you. You've had a rough life. 436 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 5: He looked him in the eyes and said an effect, 437 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 5: if you're serious about getting well, if you're serious about 438 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 5: moving forward, then pick up your bed, get up, and 439 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 5: be on your way. He spoke faith over the man 440 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,719 Speaker 5: for the first time. When that man heard that, something 441 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 5: came alive on the inside. He thought, you mean I 442 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 5: don't have to keep making excuses. You mean I don't 443 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 5: have to just sit here and wait for something to change. 444 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 6: I can make something happen. This man got. 445 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 5: Up, took up his bed, He walked out of their 446 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 5: healthy in heart. I wonder how many things we would 447 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 5: get out of defeat, depression, bad habits if we would 448 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 5: just quit feeling sorry for ourselves, quit making excuses, and 449 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 5: start moving forward. God is asking us today, would he 450 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 5: asked this man, are you serious about getting well? Are 451 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 5: you serious about overcoming that addiction? About finishing school about 452 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 5: moving past that disappointment. 453 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 6: Then there's something you have to do. 454 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 5: Get up on the inside, in your attitude, in your thoughts, 455 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 5: in your countenance, in how you talk. In other words, 456 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 5: shake off the self pity, quit reliving the negative. You're 457 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 5: waiting on God. But God is waiting on you. If 458 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 5: you will get up, take up your bed, so to speak, 459 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 5: start moving forward, that's when you'll see things begin to 460 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 5: change in your favor. God said in Isaiah forty two, 461 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 5: the former things have come to pass, and new things 462 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 5: I now declare sing a new song. 463 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 6: Unto the Lord. 464 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 5: God is saying, the things you've been struggling with are 465 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 5: coming to an end. The discouragement, the loneliness, the bad breaks, 466 00:25:59,600 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 5: the deps. 467 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 6: God is about to put a stop to it. 468 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 5: He's going to do a new thing. But there is 469 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 5: one requirement. The last part of this verse is the 470 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 5: whole key. If you want to see the negative end 471 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 5: and God do a new thing, then you have to 472 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 5: sing a new song. You can't keep singing that all 473 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 5: song of who hurt me? And I've been by this 474 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 5: pool thirty eight years. I'm never gonna get well. No, 475 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 5: throw out that song of self pity, get rid of 476 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 5: that song of defeat. Erase that song of it's never 477 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 5: going to work out, Start. 478 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 6: Singing a song of victory. 479 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 5: I may have had some bad breaks, but I know 480 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 5: this is my due season. 481 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 7: Year. 482 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 5: Things are changing in my favor. I am armed with 483 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 5: strength for this battle. 484 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,679 Speaker 6: I will overcome this illness. I will break this bad habit. 485 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 6: I will finish school. I will live healthy, whole, victorious. 486 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 5: If you want to see the new you've got to 487 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 5: start singing the new song. In other words, no more 488 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 5: sad songs, no more talking about who hurts you, what 489 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 5: didn't work out. God knows everything you've been through. You 490 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 5: don't have to constantly remind him. If you'll lose the 491 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 5: sad song and start singing a new song, God will 492 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,719 Speaker 5: turn your mourning into dancing. He'll take the setback and 493 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 5: use it as a set up to take you somewhere greater. 494 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:28,879 Speaker 6: But I wonder how. 495 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 5: Many of us today, like this man, have these lingering disorders. 496 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 6: We went through a hurt, a disappointment. 497 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 5: Instead of letting it go moving forward, trusting God, we 498 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:40,719 Speaker 5: started making excuses. 499 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,120 Speaker 6: Now it's gone on year after year. 500 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 5: The good news is, if you'll get rid of the excuses, 501 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 5: it's just a matter of time before those lingering disorders 502 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 5: will leave. That's when God will show up and begin 503 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 5: to turn things around. Is there something you need to 504 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 5: get over today? Childhood that wasn't so great, a friend 505 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 5: that betrayed you, a business that didn't make it. Now 506 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 5: you're using it as a crutch to stay where you are. 507 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 6: Why don't you make this decision with me? No more excuses. 508 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 6: You can't do anything about the past, but you can 509 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 6: do something about your future. 510 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 5: And because you have this new psalm, I believe and 511 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 5: declare that things that have held you back are coming 512 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 5: to an end. God is doing a new thing. You're 513 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 5: going to see beauty for those ashes. You're going to 514 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 5: overcome the illness, see new relationships, new opportunities, a new 515 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 5: level of your destiny. 516 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 6: In Jesus' name, I believe it, and if you receive it, 517 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 6: can you say it? 518 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 8: Men? 519 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 5: Today, we never like to close our broadcast without giving 520 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 5: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 521 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 6: Would you pray with me? 522 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 523 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 6: Come into my heart. 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