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You can take charge 29 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 4: of your story, of your career, of your life, Earn 30 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 4: a degree you can be proud of, and get an 31 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 4: education employer's respect. It's time, your time, not just to 32 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 4: go back to school, but to come back and move 33 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 4: forward with Purdue Global, Purdue's online university for working adults. 34 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 4: Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 35 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 2: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 36 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoy 37 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 2: today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share 38 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 2: it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray for 39 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 2: God's very best in your life. Hey, God, bless you 40 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: always a joy that come into your homes. We love 41 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 2: you and we know God has great things in store. 42 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 2: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 43 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 2: by and be a part of one of our services. 44 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 2: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 45 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: But thanks so much for tuning in today, and again 46 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: thank you for coming out. I like to start with 47 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 2: something funny. And I heard about this scientist that said 48 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 2: to God, we've decided we no longer need you. We 49 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 2: can clone people, we can transplant hearts, and do all 50 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 2: kinds of things once considered miraculous. God said, that's fine. 51 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: But to prove that you don't need me, let's have 52 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 2: a man making contest. The only rule is you have 53 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: to make men out of dirt. The scientist of greed 54 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: and quickly reached down to pick up a handful of dirt. 55 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 2: And God said, not so fast, Go get your own dirt. 56 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 2: All right, let me tell you another one since his 57 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 2: Mother's day. This is from a viewer. Don't blame me. 58 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 2: Good mothers let their children lick the mixer when they're 59 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 2: making cookies. Great mothers turn the mixer off first. All right, 60 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,679 Speaker 2: of your bible, say it like you mean it. This 61 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,119 Speaker 2: is my Bible. I am what it says. 62 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 5: I am. 63 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 66 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus's name, God, bless you. I want 68 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about how it's not too 69 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 2: late to get started. Many times we put off what 70 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 2: we know God wants us to do. Maybe down deep, 71 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 2: God's been dealing with you about forgiving a wrong, getting 72 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 2: back in shape, having a better attitude, spending more time 73 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: with your family. Or maybe it's a dream or goal 74 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: that we know we should be pursuing, starting a new business, 75 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 2: writing a book, joining the choir, learning a new hobby. 76 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 2: We know God put it on the inside, but so 77 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 2: often we make excuses that hold us back, things like 78 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 2: I'm too busy, I tried and felled, I'm not that talented. 79 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 2: They hurt me too badly. It's easy to talk ourselves 80 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 2: out of it. We end up settling for mediocrity. But 81 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 2: the good news is God never aborts a dream. We 82 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 2: may give up on them, we may quit pursuing new opportunities, 83 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 2: quit believing to overcome an obstacle. But every dream, every 84 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 2: promise God put in your heart, he still has every 85 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 2: intention of bringing it to pass. You may have put 86 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 2: it off a week, a year, or twenty five years, 87 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 2: but God is saying it's not too late to get started. 88 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 2: You can still become everything God created you to be. 89 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 2: But You've got to do your part and get off 90 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 2: dead sinner. You're not too old or too young. You 91 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 2: haven't missed your window of opportunity. The dream is still 92 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 2: alive on the inside. Now you've got to rise up 93 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 2: in faith and say, this is my time. This is 94 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 2: my moment going to settle where I am. I've let 95 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 2: excuses hold me back long enough, But today I'm gonna 96 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 2: start taking steps of faith to pursue new opportunities, to 97 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 2: explore new hobbies, to break bad habits, to get rid 98 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 2: of wrong mindsets. I know it's not too late to 99 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 2: accomplish everything God's placed in my heart. If you have 100 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 2: this kind of attitude, the rest of your life can 101 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 2: be the best of your life. Paul told Timothy stir 102 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 2: up the gift fan the flame. He was saying, Timothy, 103 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 2: life is flying by. Get busy pursuing your destiny and see. 104 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 2: You have to stay passionate about what God put in 105 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 2: your heart. Don't let one disappointment or even a series 106 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 2: of disappointments, convince you to give up and settle where 107 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 2: you are. I've learned every setback means you're one step 108 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 2: closer to see if the dream come to pass you 109 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 2: have to come to your closed doors before you'll ever 110 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 2: get to your open doors. You may have tried and 111 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 2: failled a thousand times, you don't know. Number one thousand 112 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 2: and one may be the door that swings open wide. 113 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 2: Get your fire back. Some of you have been through disappointments, 114 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 2: things have not turned out like you'd hope. You've got 115 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 2: to shake that off and get a fresh new vision 116 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 2: for your life. Because when we get complacent and we're 117 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 2: not pursuing new opportunities, taking on new challenges, life becomes stagnant. 118 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 2: We lose our passion. We end up just going through 119 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 2: the motions, no zeal, no enthusiasm. Now, I know plenty 120 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 2: of people that are living, but they're not really alive. 121 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: They're breathing, but they can't feel their sense of purpose. 122 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 2: As long as you're not moving toward what God put 123 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 2: in your heart, whether it's a dream, overcoming an obstacle, 124 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 2: having a better attitude, if you're not actively pursuing that, 125 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 2: you will not be as fulfilled as you should be. 126 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 2: In other words, if you know you should be eating 127 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 2: healthier but you're not doing it, there's going to be 128 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 2: a gnawing right down in here. That's God talking to you, 129 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 2: trying to help you come up higher. The good news 130 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 2: is it's not too late to get started. If you 131 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 2: know you're supposed to go back to college but you're 132 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 2: ignoring it, there'll be a sense of dissatisfaction. Or if 133 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 2: you know you're supposed to take that management position that's 134 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 2: been offered, but you're not doing it because you're afraid 135 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 2: and you don't want to have to speak in front 136 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 2: of people, you're letting your mind talk you out of it. 137 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 2: There will be an unrest that will keep you from 138 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 2: enjoying life to the full. Now, a lot of people 139 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 2: think they're not happy because of their spouse or because 140 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 2: of their circumstances, but the true source of the discontentment 141 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 2: is they're not moving toward their God given destiny. That 142 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 2: dream that's on the inside is a part of your purpose. 143 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 2: It's who you were created to be. That's why it's 144 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 2: so important that we don't keep making excuses, that we 145 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 2: don't keep putting it off. This means you may have 146 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 2: to prune some things out of your life so you 147 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 2: can go back to school at night and get the 148 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 2: training that you know you need. You may have to 149 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 2: get up early and go to the gym so you 150 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 2: can get back in shape and live a long, healthy life. 151 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,239 Speaker 2: You may have to stretch yourself to write that book, 152 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 2: to start that business, to coach the ball team, to 153 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 2: go on the missionary trip. Whatever it is God is saying, 154 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 2: now is the time to get started. Now is the 155 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 2: time to get out of your comfort zone and pursue 156 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 2: those God giving goals. Let me encourage you to start 157 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: taking steps toward them, even if they're small steps. If 158 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 2: your dream is to be in ministry, don't wait for 159 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 2: Billy Graham to call you. Go up to the prison 160 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 2: and encourage the inmates, or start a Bible study at 161 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,599 Speaker 2: the office at your home. If your dream is to 162 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 2: have your own business, you can't just sit back and 163 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 2: expect God to hand it to you on a silver platter. 164 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 2: Start researching it, develop your business plan, learn from others, 165 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 2: get good advice. The scripture says give yourself to your gift. 166 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 2: That means do whatever you can to make it happen. 167 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 2: You may have tried and it not worked out. You say, Joel, 168 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 2: I went to the support group, I went to celebrate 169 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 2: recovery for a whole year, but I still didn't overcome 170 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 2: this addiction. Listen this is a new day. Every disappointment, 171 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 2: everything that didn't work out, God didn't waste that. He 172 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 2: used that to deposit something on the inside. That's what's 173 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 2: got you prepared for where you are right now. It 174 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 2: may not have happened in the past, but the most 175 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 2: important time of your life is the next twenty four hours. 176 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 2: What are you going to do with the time you 177 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 2: have left? You and I can't afford to sit around 178 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 2: waste another year with no passion, thinking we don't have 179 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 2: what it takes in a career, we don't enjoy giving 180 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 2: the best of our life to something that doesn't excite us. 181 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 2: Will make up your mind with me that you're gonna 182 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 2: make the changes and you're gonna start moving toward your destiny. 183 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: That means we're gonna get out of our comfort zones. 184 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 2: We're gonna start stretching. We're gonna dream bigger, We're gonna 185 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 2: think better, We're gonna act wiser. We're going to rise 186 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 2: up and accomplish everything that God's placed in our heart. Friends, 187 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 2: life is too short to live complacent. If you're not 188 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 2: actively moving toward your purpose and taking steps to grow 189 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,719 Speaker 2: and improve, then that'll keep you from experiencing life to 190 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 2: the full. The Scripture says in Proverbs, complacency kills. That 191 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 2: means being stuck in a rut, not growing, not pursuing 192 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 2: new opportunities, that will kill your passion, kill your dreams, 193 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 2: kill your sense of purpose. On a regular basis, you 194 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 2: need to reevaluate what you're doing, what your goals are, 195 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 2: what are you pursuing, and be willing to make the 196 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 2: necessary adjustments, because there's nothing worse than going through life 197 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 2: feeling dissatisfied, knowing that we're being less than what God's 198 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 2: created us to be. I read something interesting about an egle. 199 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 2: When it's born, it has a liquid solution in its eyes. 200 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 2: Over time that hardens and becomes a setting that enables 201 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 2: it to find its way home, even if it's thousands 202 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 2: of miles away, just like having a built in compass. 203 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 2: And somehow, when that liquid solution hardens, they discover the 204 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 2: line between their home and the north pole. That way, 205 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 2: they always have a sense of reference. And if the 206 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 2: egle is going the wrong direction the way he knows 207 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 2: it is, he will have a low level pain in 208 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 2: his eyes. He'll feel a discomfort, and if he will 209 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 2: turn and start going the right direction, the pain will 210 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 2: go away. Many people today are living with a low 211 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,839 Speaker 2: level pain because they're not pursuing their dreams. They're not 212 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 2: following their passions. They keep putting things on hold, making 213 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 2: it and they live with this feeling of dissatisfaction. But 214 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,439 Speaker 2: I believe today is a new day. God is lighting 215 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 2: a new fire on the inside. Dreams are coming back 216 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 2: to life, Hope is being restored, vision is being reignited. 217 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 2: As you start moving toward your purpose, that low level 218 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 2: pain will go, that sense of the blaus no enthusiasm 219 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 2: that will leave, and you'll feel the spring come back 220 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 2: into your steath. You'll feel the sense of destiny knowing 221 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 2: that God is breathing in your direction. What I'm doing 222 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 2: today is what Paul told Timothy to do. I'm fanning 223 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 2: your flame. I'm helping you to stir up your gifts. 224 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 2: I'm letting you know you were made for more. You 225 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 2: are anointed, equipped, empowered. Don't you dare settle where you are. 226 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,839 Speaker 2: God has greater things in your future. It may not 227 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 2: have happened in the past. You may have put it 228 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 2: on hold for a long time. The good news is 229 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 2: it's not too late to get started. You can begin 230 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 2: right now. If you will make that decision to shake 231 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 2: off the complacency and start pursuing what God placed in 232 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 2: your heart. You can still become everything God's created you 233 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 2: to be. For many years, even way before my father 234 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 2: went to be with the Lord, Victoria has always had 235 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 2: a dream of writing books. She especially wanted to write 236 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,239 Speaker 2: children's books. She knew God birth this on the inside. 237 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 2: Year after years she would tell me about them, give 238 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 2: me her idea. She was very passionate about it. But 239 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 2: you know how life can be. We get busy, especially 240 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 2: a mother raising small children. Then, when my father died 241 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 2: in nineteen ninety nine and we took over as pastors, 242 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 2: our life even got much busier. I noticed Victoria wasn't 243 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,599 Speaker 2: talking about the books anymore. Two thousand and four, I 244 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 2: wrote my first book, and she began to get offers 245 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 2: from different publishers. Down deep, she wanted to do it. 246 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 2: The opportunity was there. She had the desire, but every 247 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 2: always said, you're too busy, it's going to be too 248 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,959 Speaker 2: much work. You got too much going on, it's just 249 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 2: not meant to be. She kept putting it off, month 250 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 2: after month, year after year. One day she was in 251 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,839 Speaker 2: the kitchen with our son Jonathan. He was about nine 252 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 2: years old at the time, and somehow this subject came up, 253 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 2: and she began explaining to him how she wanted to 254 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 2: write these books, but she didn't have the time, and 255 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 2: on and on, listing all the excuses. Jonathan said one 256 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 2: little phrase that lit a new fire on the inside. 257 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 2: Instead of buying all of her excuses and saying, I understand, Mom, 258 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 2: don't feel bad about yourself. It's okay now, he looked 259 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 2: at her and said, very passionately, mother, you still should. 260 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 2: Those three words rang out in her spirit like Almighty 261 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 2: God had spoke then to her. You still should. The 262 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 2: scripture says, out of the mouth of babes, God can 263 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 2: talk to us. Victoria knew right then and there was 264 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 2: the time to get started. While she was all fired up. 265 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 2: I called our publisher and got a contract. I got 266 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 2: her to sign it before she could change her mind. 267 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 2: And she went on to write her first book, Love 268 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 2: Your Life, that made it to the top of the 269 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 2: New York Times bestseller's list, and plus she has written 270 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 2: five children's books already and has a contract to write 271 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 2: a dozen more. But I believe it all happened from 272 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 2: those three words of a nine year old boy, You 273 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 2: still should Today, a twenty nine year old boy is 274 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 2: telling you all right, a thirty five year old boy 275 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 2: is telling you you still should. Well, Joel, I wanted 276 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 2: to go back and get my degree, but I've been 277 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 2: out of school for a couple of years. You still 278 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 2: should well. I wanted to start my own business, but 279 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 2: I've had all these setbacks. You still should. I wanted 280 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 2: to join the choir. I'm just so busy. You still should. Friends. 281 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 2: God does not abort any dreams, and some of you, 282 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 2: like in Victoria, at one time you were passionate about 283 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 2: what was in your heart. But now you've thought of 284 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 2: every reason why it can happen. Just like God used 285 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 2: Little Jonathan's words to breathe new life into victorious dreams, 286 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 2: if you'll receive them by faith, these words can breathe 287 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 2: new life into your dreams. It is not too late 288 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 2: to accomplish everything that God's placed in your heart. You 289 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 2: have not missed your window of opportunity. God has moments 290 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 2: of favor in your future. He's getting you prepared right 291 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 2: now because He is about to release a special grace 292 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 2: to help you accomplish a dream, overcome an obstacle. Birth 293 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 2: What he's placed on the inside. This is your time, 294 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 2: this is your moment. Dare to receive that, dare to 295 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 2: step into it. Not long ago, I met an eighty 296 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 2: six year old woman after the service, and she had 297 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 2: something that she really wanted to show me in she 298 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 2: opened up this folder and handed me a certificate. It 299 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 2: was her college degree that she had just received a 300 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 2: few weeks earlier. She graduated from college at eighty six. 301 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 2: I asked her what made her decide to go back 302 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 2: to school. She said, I promised my mother as a 303 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,719 Speaker 2: young lady, that I would get my college degree. I said, well, 304 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 2: I'm sure your mom is up in heaven smiling down 305 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 2: on you as proud of you as can be. She said, yes, Joel, 306 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 2: she's very proud of me. But she's not in heaven. 307 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 2: She's right over there. I looked to my left and 308 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 2: there was this one hundred and four year old mother, 309 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 2: smiling from ear to ear, waving her cane at me. 310 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 2: This daughter told how her whole life she had made excuses. Mom, 311 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,239 Speaker 2: I can't go back to college. I'm too busy. Her 312 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,239 Speaker 2: mom wouldn't hear it. You still should, mom, I've got 313 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 2: too many children to raise. You still should mom, I retired. 314 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 2: I want to relax. You still should, she said. It 315 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 2: took till I was in my eighties, but my mother 316 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 2: finally can vinced me. And I've never felt better about 317 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 2: myself than right now. It may not be your mother, 318 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 2: but your heavenly Father is saying, quit making excuses that dream, 319 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 2: you stop pursuing, go after it again. Every voice may 320 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 2: tell you no way, impossible, stay in your comfort zone, 321 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 2: but God is saying, take a step of faith and 322 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 2: write that book, go back to school, launch that new website. 323 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,479 Speaker 2: You still should. I read about this lady that had 324 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 2: a great gift of painting. It's a little girl. She 325 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:36,400 Speaker 2: used to paint very beautiful pictures, and her mother's favorite 326 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 2: one was the painting of Jesus holding the world in 327 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 2: his hands. The lady grew up and pursued a career 328 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 2: in teaching. Did that for many years, and she loved 329 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 2: helping the children, but deep down she was unsatisfied. She 330 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 2: knew she had more in her There was a gift 331 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 2: that she wanted to share with the world, but she 332 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 2: was comfortable where she was. One day, she was writing 333 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 2: on the back of the motorcycle with her husband. They 334 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 2: were on the freeway and eighteen wheeler right in front 335 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 2: of them all of a sudden lost its load of 336 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 2: large steel pipes. They started bouncing around the freeway like toothpicks, 337 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 2: and they were right in the middle of it. Pipes 338 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 2: were swooshing over their head right beside them. Miraculously, the 339 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 2: husband was able to maneuver the motorcycle out of that 340 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 2: and their life was spared. They knew it was the 341 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 2: hand of God that moment, more than ever, she realized 342 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 2: every day is a gift. She decided to take up 343 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 2: painting once again, and even she was amazed at her ability. 344 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 2: She began to paint the most magnificent paintings you could 345 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 2: ever imagine. It was just like God was breathing down 346 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 2: on her work. She felt this incredible sense of purpose. 347 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 2: One day, a very well respected and prestigious gallery saw 348 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 2: her paintings and asked if they could display them right 349 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 2: next to some of the most famous painters in the world. 350 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 2: She made the statement later, if I would have died 351 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 2: that day on the motorcycle, no one would have ever 352 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 2: known what was on the inside of me. Let me 353 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 2: ask you, if you went to heaven tomorrow, would there 354 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 2: be something we are missing out on a gift that 355 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 2: you're not sharing with the world. Are there things in 356 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 2: your heart you're not pursuing because you're afraid, or you 357 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 2: think you're too old, you're too busy, you don't have 358 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 2: what it takes. No, now is the time to get 359 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 2: out of your comfort zone and pursue what God's put 360 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 2: on the inside. This is what the disciple Peter did 361 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 2: when he saw Jesus walking on the water. He said, Lord, 362 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 2: let me do that. Don't you know there were a 363 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 2: thousand voices saying, Peter, are you crazy? You can't walk 364 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,719 Speaker 2: on the water. In other words, you can't start your 365 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,880 Speaker 2: own business, you can't be in management, you can't write 366 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 2: that book. You're going to get out there and sink. 367 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 2: I can imagine there was another small voice whispering, Peter, 368 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 2: you still should. God's in control. You're well able, You've 369 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 2: got what it takes. Peter got out and walked on 370 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 2: the water. Some of you today need to get out 371 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 2: of your boat. Life is very short. In a few years, 372 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 2: we're all going to be gone. Make sure you're sharing 373 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 2: your gift with the world. If you're not passionate about 374 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 2: what you're doing, passionate about your career, then you need 375 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 2: to consider making changes. I realize that you know, not 376 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 2: every day we're jumping up and down with enthusiasm, But 377 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 2: if you're going year after year not enjoying your career, 378 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:42,640 Speaker 2: not fulfilled, not satisfied, it could be like this, young lady. 379 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 2: Your main gift is lying dormant, and your gifting is 380 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 2: a part of your purpose. No matter how successful you are, 381 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 2: if you're not fulfilling your purpose, you will feel that 382 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 2: sense of dissatisfaction. It's good to write down what you're 383 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 2: passionate about, write down what you're good at, what you 384 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 2: excel in, and then evaluate it and see if it 385 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 2: matches up to how you're spending your life. Are you 386 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 2: in a field that fits your gifts your talent. If not, 387 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 2: you're going to be frustrated. For instance, if you're great 388 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 2: with people and you enjoy interacting with others, you should 389 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 2: not be in an office alone all day. That's not 390 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 2: using your main gifting. Some of you could sell ice 391 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 2: to an eskimo. You've got a gift of persuasion, a 392 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 2: gift of communication. You ought to be in some kind 393 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 2: of cell, some field like that. Some of you are 394 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 2: great with your hands. You can fix anything. You're mechanically minded. 395 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 2: That's a part of your purpose. You're not meant to 396 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 2: be out there selling insurance. Find your dominant gift, what 397 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 2: you're good at, what you enjoy. If you're not in 398 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 2: the right field, don't go your whole lifetime there. Start 399 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 2: taking steps to make a change. I realize it may 400 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 2: not happen overnight, but if you will do what you can, 401 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 2: God will show up and do what you can. He 402 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 2: has moments of favor that will help you to get 403 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 2: into the best plan for your life. Another important thing 404 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 2: to write down is a list of all the things 405 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 2: you want to do before you go to heaven. Is 406 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 2: commonly called a bucket list. What sights do you want 407 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 2: to see? What places do you want to visit, What 408 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 2: new hobbies do you want to learn? What excites and 409 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 2: interest you. God has given us this big, beautiful world 410 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 2: not only to enjoy, but to explore, to learn from, 411 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 2: to help us grow and expand our vision. I've been 412 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 2: going to India ever since I was in my early twenties, 413 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 2: back with my father, and I think about how seeing 414 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 2: their culture and meeting people that were not just like me, 415 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 2: and experiencing the beauty of their country, the genuineness of 416 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 2: those people that has impacted my life and my thinking 417 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 2: in an amazing way. And sometimes we can get so 418 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 2: caught up in our own little world. If we're not careful, 419 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 2: we'll go the next fifty years seeing the same kind 420 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 2: of people, doing the same hobbies, going to the same places, 421 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,640 Speaker 2: and will miss the fullness of what God has in store. 422 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 2: I'm asking you to dream big. Don't have a narrow 423 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 2: vision for your life. When you write down the places 424 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 2: you want to visit, don't you dare put Walmart in Conroe, 425 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 2: the Outlet Mall in Katie is not gonna cut it. 426 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 2: Get outside what you're used to think big, Dream big, 427 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 2: expand your vision. I've never seen the Grand Canyon. Some 428 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 2: of my friends recently took the one week trip where 429 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 2: you raft down the canyon, camp out at night, stay intense, 430 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 2: no electricity, no running water. As soon as I figure 431 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 2: out how to power Victoria's seventeen curling irons, We're gonna 432 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 2: take that trip. I want to enjoy the beauty of 433 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 2: God's creation. I'm just kidding. She only has sixteen. But 434 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 2: some of you have been putting off living your life. 435 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 2: You're working hard, you're being your best, but your life 436 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 2: is too narrow. Try something new, expand your vision. Met 437 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 2: a young couple not long ago, and they were headed 438 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 2: to Africa for two weeks. They were going to spend 439 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 2: the first week helping in an orphanage and the second 440 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 2: week hiking up a famous mountain. They told when they 441 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 2: got married several years ago, they made a list of 442 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 2: twenty five things they wanted to do in their lifetime. 443 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 2: They prayed about it, they researched it. This was one 444 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 2: of the twenty five friends, life is to be enjoyed. 445 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 2: Some of you that vacation that you promised you would 446 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 2: take thirty years ago. You know what God is saying. 447 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 2: You still should that new hobby you wanted to learn, 448 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 2: but now you think you're too old. You still should 449 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 2: that missionary trip you wanted to go on, but you 450 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 2: keep putting it off. You're too busy, You get too 451 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 2: behind at the office. No, start taking steps to live 452 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 2: life to the full. You still should take the vacation, 453 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 2: go on the missionary trip, hike the mountain, visit the orphanage. 454 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 2: Tell you something funny. Ever since we got married, Victoria 455 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 2: has wanted to take ballroom dancing lessons. 456 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 5: That is so odd to me. 457 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:31,640 Speaker 2: I could see break dancing, but not ballroom dancing. Every 458 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,920 Speaker 2: year or two she'll bring it up and start asking me, 459 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 2: come on, Joel, let's do something different. Let's take those lessons. 460 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 2: She doesn't realize I have white Men's disease, I have 461 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 2: no sense of rhythm. But I have to tell you 462 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 2: I love her so much that I have volunteered my 463 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 2: brother Paul to take those lessons for me. I don't 464 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 2: know that he's agreed, though, But what am I saying? 465 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:00,919 Speaker 2: The reason God gives us certain desires different things are 466 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 2: interesting to us is so that we can live a 467 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 2: full life, cultivate new interest, explore new hobbies. Bottom line 468 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 2: is this, don't die before you really live. Don't die 469 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 2: without getting outside your same circle of friends, without experiencing 470 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 2: people and cultures not just like you, without trying new hobbies, 471 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 2: and without exploring the wonders of God's creation. Make your 472 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 2: bucket list and start taking steps to live a full life. Friends, 473 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 2: it's not too late to get started. Some of you 474 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,679 Speaker 2: have put your dreams on hold, but I believe today 475 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 2: a new fire has been lit on the inside. God 476 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 2: has birthed fresh new vision into your spirit. When those 477 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,640 Speaker 2: thoughts come saying it's been too long, you missed your opportunity. 478 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 2: Remember those three words. You still should. Get rid of 479 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 2: the excuses. Fan your flame, stir up the gifts. God 480 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,439 Speaker 2: doesn't abort any dreams. He wants the rest of your 481 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 2: life to be the best of your life. That's why 482 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 2: He's already released moments of favor in your future to 483 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 2: accomplish dreams, to overcome obstacles. I'm asking you to get 484 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 2: in agreement with him, shake off the complacency. If you'll 485 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 2: start pursuing what He's placed in your heart, God will 486 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 2: open doors that no man can shut. You'll discover talent 487 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 2: that you didn't know you had. And I believe in 488 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 2: declare you will become everything He created you to be, 489 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,399 Speaker 2: and you'll have everything He intended for you to have. Amen. 490 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:33,199 Speaker 2: How many of you received that today? 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