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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 5: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 5: share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray put God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 3: your life. Well, God bless you. It's always a joy. 39 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 5: Come into your homes, and if you're ever in our area, 40 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 5: please stop by and be a part of one of 41 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 5: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 42 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 5: at home. But thanks so much for tuning in today, 43 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 5: and thank you again for coming out. I like to 44 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 5: start with something funny and I heard about this archaeologist 45 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 5: from New York he dug down ten feet and found 46 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 5: traces of copper wiring dating back one hundred years. He 47 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 5: concluded that New Yorkers had a telephone network over one 48 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 5: hundred years ago. Not to be outdone, an archaeologist from 49 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 5: California dug down twenty feet and found copper wiring dating 50 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 5: back two hundred years. He concluded that Californians had a 51 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 5: massive communication network one hundred years before the New Yorkers. 52 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 5: Upon hearing this bubba from Texas dug down thirty feet 53 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 5: on his farm and found absolutely nothing. He concluded three 54 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 5: hundred years ago, Texans had already gone wire. 55 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 3: All right, hold up your bible. Say it like you 56 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 3: mean it. This is my Bible. 57 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 58 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 59 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 60 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 61 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 62 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 5: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 63 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 5: about something that you've never seen. I grew up in 64 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 5: a minister's home, and we always had church and auditoriums 65 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 5: and traditional sanctuaries. 66 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 3: That's what everybody did. 67 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 5: But in two thousand and five, God gave us this 68 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 5: beautiful facility. Now we have church in a former sports arena. 69 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 5: That's something that I had never seen. I worked seventeen 70 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 5: years behind the scenes at the church doing the television production, 71 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 5: and I thought that's how it would spend my life. 72 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 5: But when my father went to be with the Lord, 73 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 5: I was suddenly thrust into this position. Now instead of 74 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 5: being behind the cameras, I'm in front of the cameras. 75 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 3: That was something I had never seen. 76 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 5: In two thousand and nine, the New York Yankees were 77 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 5: about to open their new baseball stadium. One of their 78 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 5: staff members called and asked if we would come and 79 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 5: hold a Night of Hope, the first non baseball event 80 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 5: in the new stadium. Out of all the entertainers, musicians, 81 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 5: artists in the world, they called a minister. That was 82 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 5: something I had never seen. I want you to get 83 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 5: this down in your spirit. God is about to do 84 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 5: something in your life that you've never seen. I'm not 85 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:55,559 Speaker 5: just sharing another message. I'm speaking prophetically. God is about 86 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 5: to take you where you could not go on your own. 87 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 5: God is about to show your favor in ways that 88 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 5: you've never imagined. It's going to be unprecedented, out of 89 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 5: the norm, unlike anything that you've seen. Maybe you've struggled 90 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 5: in your finances for years, can't seem to get ahead. 91 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 3: One step forward, two steps backwards. 92 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 5: No, God is about to show you abundance like you've 93 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 5: never seen. He's about to increase you to where you 94 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 5: have overflowed. You lend and not borrow, not burdened down 95 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 5: by debt and lack. Some of you have fought depression 96 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 5: discouragement your whole life. That dark cloud follows you around, 97 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 5: and you think that's the way it's always going to be. No, 98 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 5: take heart, God is going to show you joy like 99 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 5: you've never seen. That spirit of depression, discouragement is being broken. 100 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 5: God is going to release a new happiness, a passion 101 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 5: that you've not experienced before. Maybe you've struggled with an addiction, 102 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 5: a bad habit for a long time. Be encouraged. God's 103 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 5: going to show you freedom that you've never seen. Some 104 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 5: of you have felt a little insecure, intimidated, like you 105 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 5: don't quite measure up. You think that's the way you'll 106 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 5: always live. No, God's about to show you a confidence 107 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 5: of boldness where you can step into the fullness of 108 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 5: your destiny. God is saying creativity like you've never seen, promotion, 109 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 5: opportunity like you've never seen, healing, restoration, favor. 110 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 3: Like you've never seen. 111 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 5: That's the promise God made in Exodus thirty four to ten. 112 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 3: I will do great things that I've. 113 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 5: Never done before anywhere on earth. We've all seen God's 114 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 5: goodness in the past. Every one of us can say 115 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 5: God has blessed us, promoted us, protected us. But what 116 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 5: God is about to do is going to be unprecedented. Now, 117 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 5: all you've got to do is say, yes, Lord, this 118 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 5: is for me today. I'll receive this into my spirit. 119 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 3: See your mind. We'll try to talk you out of it. 120 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 3: Tell you all the reasons why it's not going to 121 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 3: happen for you. 122 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 5: You're too old, too young, made too many mistakes, don't 123 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 5: have the education, if you were just a different nationality, 124 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 5: if you just knew the right people. No, listen, God 125 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 5: is not limited by your age, your education, your connections. 126 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 3: Your resources. 127 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 5: In spite of what you have or don't have, you 128 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 5: need to get ready. God is about to show you 129 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 5: something that you've never seen. He's about to take you 130 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 5: where you could. 131 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 3: Not go on your own. 132 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 5: John chapter nine. Jesus was traveling through a village. He 133 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 5: saw a man on the side of the road that 134 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 5: was blind. 135 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 3: He went over to this man. The man didn't call 136 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 3: out to Jesus. 137 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 5: He wasn't like blind Barnabas that said, please, Jesus, have 138 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 5: mercy and heal me. This man was just quietly sitting there, 139 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 5: and Jesus went to him. And throughout there there are 140 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 5: examples where people use their faith, reached out to God 141 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 5: and they received their miracle. The woman with the issue 142 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 5: of blood fought her way through the crowd, touched the 143 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 5: edge of Jesus road. She was instantly made whole. The 144 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 5: lepers cried out, Jesus, please heal us. 145 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 3: Jesus healed them. 146 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 5: An army captain came and said, Jesus, if you'll just 147 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 5: speak the word, my little daughter at home that's so sick, 148 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 5: she'll be healed. Jesus spoke and the daughter was well. 149 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 5: These people all initiated their miracle. They reached out in 150 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 5: faith and saw God's goodness. But God is so merciful, 151 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,839 Speaker 5: he's so loving. There are times like with this blind man, 152 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 5: even when we don't have the faith, Even when we. 153 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 3: Don't reach out, God reaches out to us. 154 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 5: If it would have just been dependent on our faith, 155 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 5: on what we believe, on what we're asking for, Jesus 156 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 5: would have never stopped to help this blind man. He 157 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,839 Speaker 5: didn't show any signs of faith. He was just sitting there, 158 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 5: minding his own business. 159 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 3: Yet Jesus went to him. 160 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 5: He had been blind since his birth, never seen before. 161 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 5: This is much different than someone that had sight at 162 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:23,839 Speaker 5: one time then becomes blind. At least they would have 163 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 5: a memory of what things look like. This man, blind 164 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:32,319 Speaker 5: since birth, had never seen a sunset, never seen a flower, 165 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 5: never seen a person. 166 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 3: He had nothing to draw upon, having never seen before. 167 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 3: And it's interesting Jesus didn't say anything to him. 168 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,199 Speaker 5: He didn't try to figure out if he had faith, 169 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 5: try to figure out what he believed. Jesus simply made mud, 170 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 5: put it on the blind man's eyes, told him to 171 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 5: go wash it off in the pool of Salon. 172 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 3: Some friends led him to the pool. 173 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 5: He washed it off, and his eyes were instantly over 174 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 5: He could see perfectly clearly. I could imagine for the 175 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 5: first time he looked out and saw the puffy clouds 176 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 5: in the sky for the first time, he looked down 177 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 5: and saw a beautiful flower, no doubt. He ran home 178 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 5: as fast as he could, for the first time, saw 179 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 5: his children, his wife. That night, he looked up into 180 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 5: the sky for the first time, saw the stars. 181 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 3: Twinkling, the moonlight glimmering off the lake. What happened. 182 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 5: God showed him something he had never seen. God wants 183 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 5: to do the same thing for you. Some of you 184 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 5: think that you've reached your limits, gone as far as 185 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 5: you can go. The medical report doesn't look good now 186 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 5: you've settled there. 187 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 3: You've been single a long time. You don't think you'll 188 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 3: ever meet the right person. 189 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 5: Or you took a step of faith, but the business, 190 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 5: the charity, the project didn't make it. 191 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 3: Now you don't see how you could accomplish your dreams. 192 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 5: But like with this man, even when we don't have 193 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 5: the faith, even when we think it's impossible, Joel, it's 194 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:06,719 Speaker 5: too late. 195 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 3: I tried, I failed. It's never going to happen. No, 196 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 3: God is going to. 197 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,599 Speaker 5: Come looking for you and show you his favor like 198 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 5: you've never seen. God wants to give you some first 199 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 5: times for the first time, You're free from pain, healthy, whole, strong, 200 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 5: for the first time you have more than enough. You're 201 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 5: not struggling, you're into overflow for the first time. Your 202 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 5: whole family's serving God for the first time. You're living 203 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 5: in the house of your dreams for the first time, 204 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 5: you're running the whole office. You thought you'd always be 205 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 5: working for people. Now you've got people working for you. 206 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 5: You need to get ready. 207 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 3: God has some first times in your future. 208 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 5: Part of this shift, God is going to show you 209 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 5: something that you've never seen before. 210 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 3: You may not have faith for it, it may seem 211 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 3: too far out. 212 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 5: That's okay. God's going to come looking for you. He's 213 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 5: going to get you to where you're supposed to be. 214 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,319 Speaker 5: It's going to be bigger than you imagine. It's going 215 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 5: to be unprecedented, something that you've never seen. 216 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 3: That means, if you've seen it in the past, that's good. 217 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 5: Be grateful, always thank God for what He's done. But 218 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,839 Speaker 5: what God is about to do is greater than what 219 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 5: you've seen it. When God gave us this beautiful facility, 220 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 5: this was Ephesians three twenty exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. 221 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 3: This was more than I could ever imagine. 222 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 5: In fact, I'm still amazed every time I pull up 223 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 5: to this facility, I still get goosebumps when I go 224 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 5: over to my old seats right over there where I 225 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 5: watch the Rockets play basketball for years. But as amazing 226 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 5: as this all is, I realize what God is about 227 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 5: to do is going to supersede anything He's done in 228 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:06,199 Speaker 5: the past. When God shows you something that you've never 229 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 5: seen is going to boggle your mind. The reason God 230 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 5: doesn't just rely on our faith is because some of 231 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 5: what He's going to show you is so far out, 232 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 5: so amazing, so rewarding, you couldn't have faith. 233 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 3: For it right now. Like this blind man, God is so. 234 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 5: Good even when we don't believe, Even when we don't 235 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 5: have the faith, God will show up and do it anyway. 236 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 5: Before Jesus healed the blind man, the disciples asked Jesus 237 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 5: who sinned this man or his parents that would cause 238 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 5: him to be born blind. Jesus said, nobody sin He 239 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 5: was born this way so the works of God. 240 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 3: Could be manifest. 241 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:55,199 Speaker 5: In other words, when that baby was born, God already 242 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 5: knew exactly when he was going to heal him. There 243 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 5: was a time already set by the creator of the universe. 244 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 5: At that appointed time, God opened his eyes and showed 245 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 5: him something that he had never seen in your life. 246 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:16,559 Speaker 5: Right now, there are set times. God has already established 247 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 5: the date when he's going to do something unprecedented in 248 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 5: your life. You don't have to worry, you don't have 249 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 5: to be discouraged because it hasn't happened yet. You don't 250 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 5: have to give into doubt and think, God, I'm never 251 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 5: gonna get well, never accomplish a dream, never get married. No, 252 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 5: those moments of favor are already established in your future. 253 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 5: If you'll just keep honoring God being your best, you 254 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 5: will suddenly come into one of your set times. God 255 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 5: will do something out of the ordinary. You didn't go 256 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 5: after it, it came to you. You didn't even have 257 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 5: the faith for it. What you were praying about was 258 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 5: only a fraction of what God had in mind. One 259 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 5: scripture talks about the faith of God. Normally we think 260 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 5: about our faith and how we need to pray big 261 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 5: and believe big and take the limits off of God. 262 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 3: And that's important. We should do that. 263 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 5: But God has things in your future, set times that 264 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 5: he's already established that are so big, so amazing, so rewarding. 265 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 3: God knew you couldn't have faith for it right now. 266 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 3: If you would have told me a few. 267 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 5: Years ago that one day I would be up in 268 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 5: front of people and have the platform that I have, 269 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 5: I would have said, thank you for believing in me. 270 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 5: But you've got the wrong person. God knows there are 271 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 5: things in our future that we won't have the faith for. 272 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 5: But that doesn't stop God. When you run out of faith, 273 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 5: there's a secret weapon. It's called the faith of God. 274 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 5: When God releases his faith, you can be certain doors 275 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 5: will open that should not. 276 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 3: Have opened it. Talent will come out of you that 277 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 3: you didn't know you had. The right people will search 278 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 3: you out. 279 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 5: Promotion increase will show up in ways like you've never 280 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 5: seen before. 281 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 3: I know some of you think, well, Joel, I don't 282 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 3: have much faith. That's okay. 283 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 5: The faith of God will get you to where you're 284 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 5: supposed to be. When your faith is low, don't worry. 285 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 5: You have a friend that will never let you down. 286 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 5: When you have doubts, don't worry. 287 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 3: He has faith. 288 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 5: When you don't think it's going to happen, that's all right. 289 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 5: He's got you covered. The faith of God will make 290 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 5: up for your lack of faith. That's what the scripture means. 291 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 5: When it talks about having faith the size of a 292 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 5: mustard seed. Mustard seed is one of the smallest seeds 293 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 5: you can find. God was saying, even when your faith 294 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 5: is low, when you're discouraged, when you have doubts, God 295 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 5: doesn't cancel his plan for your life. God doesn't disqualify 296 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 5: you and say, come on, man, you need to have 297 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 5: more faith. 298 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 3: No, that's when the faith of God kicks in. 299 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 5: These moments of favor that have already been established in 300 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 5: your future. They're not solely dependent on your faith. The 301 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 5: faith of God is going to cause them to show up. 302 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 5: You think about Peter. He was on the shore by 303 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 5: the lake early one morning, cleaning his fishing nets and 304 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 5: putting away all of his gear. He'd been out fishing 305 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 5: all night. He wasn't a disciple yet. 306 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 3: He was a rough man. 307 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 5: He used rough language, not somebody we would consider to 308 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 5: be a person of faith. Jesus asked to borrow his boat, 309 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 5: and he taught the people in the crowds there. 310 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 3: Afterwards, Jesus said. 311 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:38,120 Speaker 5: To Peter, go launch out into the deep and you'll 312 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 5: catch a great number of fish. That's how Jesus was 313 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 5: going to pay him back for using his boat. But 314 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 5: Peter said, Jesus, we've been fishing all night. Nothing is biting. Besides, 315 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 5: this is not the right time to fish. Jesus said, 316 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 5: in effect, Peter, I control the fish. There may not 317 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 5: have been fish out there earlier, but I can guarantee 318 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 5: you there are a fish out there now. Notice Peter 319 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 5: didn't have any faith, but that didn't stop God. Jesus 320 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 5: didn't say, Peter, I'm trying to help you, but you're 321 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 5: such a doubter now. Even though he didn't have faith, 322 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:15,120 Speaker 5: Jesus said. 323 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 3: That's all right. The faith of God will make this happen. 324 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 5: When your faith is low, when you find it hard 325 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 5: to believe, when doubts are bombarding your mind, don't worry. 326 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 5: God is not only full of mercy, he's full of faith. 327 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 5: His faith will hold you over until your faith can 328 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 5: be strengthened. 329 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,360 Speaker 3: Peter got out there and caught so many. 330 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 5: Fish that his boat began to sink. God showed him 331 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 5: something that he had never seen. He'd been out fishing 332 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 5: on that lake for years. Many times he knew when 333 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 5: to fish, where to. 334 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:50,640 Speaker 3: Fish, what to use. 335 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 5: But this day something happened that was unprecedented, out of 336 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 5: the norm. 337 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 3: In the same way. You can be going to work, 338 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 3: doing the same thing, the same way. 339 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 5: Everything looks just normal, ordinary, But then you come into 340 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 5: one of these set times, these moments of favor. You 341 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 5: weren't expecting it, you didn't have the faith for it, 342 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 5: you didn't deserve it. But like Peter, suddenly a good break, 343 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 5: a promotion, a healing, restoration is more than you could imagine. 344 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 5: It's overwhelming. It's something you've never seen. That wasn't your faith, 345 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 5: that was the faith of God. Right now in your future, 346 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 5: there are these moments of favor that are going to 347 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 5: catapult you to a new level. Some of you have 348 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 5: been facing a sickness a long time and you don't really. 349 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 3: Know if you have the faith to get well. That's okay. 350 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 5: God has you covered when you come into this moment 351 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 5: of favor. Like the blind man, sickness doesn't have a chance. Health, healing, 352 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 5: wholeness will flood your body. God can do what Edison 353 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,400 Speaker 5: cannot do. You may think that you could never get 354 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 5: out of debt. You tried, you keep having setbacks. You've 355 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 5: settled there, that's all right. The faith of God is 356 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 5: at work in your life. There are moments of favor 357 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 5: that are going to thrust you into abundance. 358 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 3: I read about this couple. 359 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 5: They had both lost their jobs and all kinds of 360 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 5: things had come against them, and unfortunately they were about 361 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 5: to lose their house. 362 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 3: They had done everything. 363 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 5: They could to try to get the funds, but just 364 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 5: hadn't worked out. They started selling off their possessions, little 365 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 5: here and little there, and they got so desperate they 366 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 5: decided to sell all of their furniture, everything inside and out, patio, furniture, lawnmower, washer, dryer, everything. 367 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 5: They put it on eBay had pictures of it all. 368 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 5: Somehow word got out that the reason they were selling 369 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 5: was to try to pay their mortgage and save their house. 370 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 5: A lady in another state bid twenty thousand dollars. Her bid, 371 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 5: by far, was the high bid. Nothing else even came close. 372 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 5: They accepted her bid. When they went to make arrangements 373 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 5: to have the furniture shift, the lady said, I don't 374 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 5: want your furniture. That's a gift you can have to 375 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 5: keep your house. They had never met the woman, never 376 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,239 Speaker 5: talked to her, never seen her. 377 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 3: That was a moment of favor. They didn't have faith 378 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 3: for it. 379 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 5: That was the faith of God, saying I'm gonna show 380 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 5: you something that you've never seen. I'm gonna cause somebody 381 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 5: out of the blue. 382 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 3: To be good to you. You may be facing situations 383 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 3: you don't know how. 384 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 5: It's gonna turn out, how you could accomplish your dreams. 385 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 3: That's okay. God has it all figured out. 386 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 5: He's already lined up the right people, the right opportunities, 387 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 5: solutions to problems. 388 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 3: Just like with this couple. At the right time, you're 389 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 3: gonna come into. 390 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 5: Your moment of favor and it's going to cause you 391 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 5: to overcome, cause you to step in to the fullness 392 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 5: of your destiny. I talked to a gentleman out in 393 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 5: the lobby not long ago, and he was in town 394 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 5: for treatment at m d Anderson, the cancer Hospital, and 395 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 5: he had some kind of tumor in his stomach area. 396 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 5: Gone through chemotherapy, but that hadn't helped. Now they were 397 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 5: going to try surgery. Was very risky, but this was 398 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:28,239 Speaker 5: his only option medically speaking. His whole family was here, 399 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 5: a wife, son, two beautiful daughters, and they were weeping 400 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 5: as he was telling the story. 401 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 3: We prayed and asked. 402 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 5: God to make a way where we couldn't see away. 403 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 5: He said, Joel, I'm trying to have faith. But I'm 404 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 5: so worried. I'm so afraid. Almost like he was apologizing. 405 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 5: I told him what I'm telling you. When your faith 406 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 5: is weak, the faith of God is strong. When your 407 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 5: faith is low, the faith of God is high. You 408 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 5: have somebody standing in. 409 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 3: The gap for you. 410 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 5: The scripture says, Jesus is at the right hand of 411 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 5: the Father, constantly praying for us. It's one thing to 412 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 5: have me pray, a friend pray, a prayer partner pray. 413 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 5: That's all great, But don't ever forget the Son of God, 414 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,360 Speaker 5: the one who raised from the dead, the one who 415 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 5: defeated our enemies, the one who speaks worlds into existence. 416 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 5: He's praying for you right now. This man came back 417 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 5: a couple of weeks later with his family. When they 418 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 5: took the final X ray before the surgery, they couldn't. 419 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 3: Find the tumor anymore. That surgeon said that in sixteen 420 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:45,120 Speaker 3: years he had never seen anything like that. This man 421 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 3: had big tears running down his cheeks. He said, Joel, 422 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 3: I didn't even have faith. 423 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 5: My mind was filled with doubts. Yet God did the miracle. 424 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 3: Anyway. That's the way our God is. 425 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 5: He knows where human we get discouraged, we have doubts. 426 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 5: But I've learned you don't have to have great faith 427 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 5: in order for God to do something great. You can 428 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 5: have small faith and God will move a mountain. You 429 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 5: don't have to have strong, invincible, unwavering faith. 430 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 3: I hope you do. 431 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 5: But even if you don't, if you'll just keep honoring God, 432 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 5: keep being your best, then his faith will make up 433 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 5: for your lack of faith. That's what Paul said in 434 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 5: Romans two twenty the life I live now, I live 435 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 5: by the faith of the Son of God. Paul wrote 436 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 5: over half of the New Testament overcame incredible odds. He 437 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 5: was saying, I didn't make it just by my own faith, 438 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 5: my own strength, my own determination. I had a secret weapon. 439 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 5: I fulfilled my destiny because. 440 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 3: Of the faith of God. 441 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 5: You may be facing a situation today that looks impossible. 442 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 5: Your health, your finances, a relationship. All the odds are 443 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 5: against you. 444 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 3: But be encouraged. The faith of God is at work 445 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 3: in your life. 446 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 5: There are moments of favor God has already established in 447 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 5: your future. God is not only going to bring you out, 448 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 5: He's going to do something unprecedented, out of the ordinary, 449 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 5: something that you've never seen. 450 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 6: I know this mom. 451 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 3: She was praying for her son. 452 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 5: Trying to get him in church year after year, but 453 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 5: he just wasn't interested. He was on the wrong course, 454 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 5: running with the wrong crowd, and started selling drugs. It 455 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 5: seemed like the more she prayed, the worse he got, 456 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 5: and the more discouraged she became. He ended up in jail. 457 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 5: This mom was so heartbroken. These thoughts bombarded our mind, saying, 458 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 5: no use praying, It's too late. Your prayers aren't doing 459 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 5: any good. She was so discouraged that she found it 460 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 5: hard to pray. But even when we don't believe, even 461 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 5: when we're tempted to give up, the good news is 462 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:03,719 Speaker 5: God doesn't give up. 463 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 3: That's when his faith kicks in. 464 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 5: One Sunday morning, her son in the jail was watching 465 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 5: television in this common area. Another inmate came in and 466 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 5: they began to argue over what they were going to watch. 467 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 5: They started wrestling over the remote control, trying to get 468 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 5: it away from each other. About that time, this huge 469 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:29,439 Speaker 5: inmate walked in. Stood about six foot six, had huge 470 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 5: muscles bulging out of his shirt, looked like a professional 471 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 5: football player. Walked over, grabbed the remote control, said give 472 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 5: me that thing. I'll decide what we're going to watch. 473 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 5: Started flipping through the channels, and he came across our 474 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 5: program and stopped. He said, we're going to watch Joel 475 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 5: Well her her son. He turned around to walk out 476 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 5: of the room. He thought, I'm not going to watch 477 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 5: some TV preacher. He's already mad. This big inmate grabbed 478 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 5: him by the shirt, pulled him down, said sit down, 479 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 5: you're go. 480 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 3: Watch with me. I like that guy. He'd make a 481 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 3: good usher. 482 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 5: They started, I'm only kid ushers don't get any ideas 483 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 5: they started watching the program, this young man begin to 484 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 5: feel God's love presence like never before. He started weeping 485 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 5: right there in the jail. That big inmate led that 486 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 5: young man to Christ. 487 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 3: Do you know that young man is at our services 488 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 3: all the time. Now sitting next to his mother, God 489 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 3: did something that she had never seen. 490 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 5: He walked in to one of those moments of favor 491 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 5: God had already destined for his life. For the first time, 492 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 5: now her son is in church. My message for us 493 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 5: today is get ready. God has some first times for you. 494 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 5: For the first time, you're totally out of debt. For 495 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 5: the first time, you're healthy. Hole strong, for the first time, 496 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 5: your whole family's serving God. For the first time, you 497 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,639 Speaker 5: meet the right person, you fall in love. You may 498 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 5: not see how this could happen. That's okay. The faith 499 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 5: of God is going to get you to where you're 500 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 5: supposed to be. What God is about to do is 501 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 5: going to be bigger, it's going to be more rewarding. 502 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 3: It's going to be something that you have not seen. 503 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 5: Now. 504 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 3: I declare and believe over each one of you. 505 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 5: Favor like you've never seen, creativity like you've never seen, opportunity, healing, restoration, vindication, joy. 506 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 3: Victory like you've never seen. In Jesus' name. If you 507 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 3: receive it, can you say aim in today? 508 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 509 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 510 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? 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