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I 54 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,119 Speaker 4: like to start with something funny. I heard about these 55 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 4: three men, a Baptist, a Catholic, and a Charismatic. They 56 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 4: died on the same day and went to heaven. Saint 57 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 4: Peter met them at the pearly gates said I'm so 58 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 4: sorry men, your rooms are not available yet. 59 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 5: He didn't know what to do, so he. 60 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 4: Decided to call Satan and see if he would keep 61 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 4: them for a little while. Satan reluctantly agreed. A few 62 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 4: hours later, Satan called back, said, Peter, you've got to 63 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 4: come get these guys. The Baptist man is saving everyone, 64 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 4: the Catholic is forgiving everyone, and the charismatic has already 65 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 4: raised enough money for air conditioning. All right, say it 66 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 4: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 67 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 4: what it says I am. I have what it says 68 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 69 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 70 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 4: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 71 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 72 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 5: bless you. 73 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about calling over comfort. 74 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 4: It's easy to get comfortable in life with things that 75 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 4: are less than God's best. We know there's more in us, 76 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 4: but we don't want to have to stretch. 77 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 5: We don't want to. 78 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 4: Take that risk. What if it doesn't work out, what 79 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 4: if the door doesn't open. We can get comfortable with 80 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 4: friends that are pulling us down, comfortable with addictions, comfortable 81 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 4: with self pity, always thinking about what we didn't get, 82 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 4: how we're at a disadvantage. The problem with staying comfortable 83 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 4: is you will miss your destiny. When God is about 84 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 4: to take you higher, there will always be this conflict. 85 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 5: Something you have to choose. 86 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 4: Comfort are calling? Are you going to stay where you are? 87 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 4: Not rock the boat, not have to stretch, not have 88 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 4: to be more disciplined, not have to push past your fears. 89 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 4: Are you going to choose to stay comfortable or are 90 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 4: you going to step out in faith and take a risk. 91 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 4: If you'll leave the comfort and come into the calling, 92 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 4: God will make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 93 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 4: But too often we think, when I get the courage, 94 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 4: I'll do this, When I have the strength, the confidence, 95 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 4: then I'll get out of my comfort zone. Then I'll 96 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 4: forgive the person that hurt me. Then I'll deal with 97 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 4: this bad attitude. But if you're waiting to feel what 98 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 4: you need to feel, you'll be waiting your whole life. 99 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 4: You may not ever feel like forgiving that person that 100 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 4: did you wrong. You feel bitter, you feel angry. 101 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 5: You have to make make a move. Then God will 102 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 5: make a move. 103 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 4: You may not have the strength, now that's because God's 104 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 4: waiting for you to move. When you step out, strength 105 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 4: will come, courage will come, favor will come. Are you 106 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 4: choosing comfort over the calling? Are there areas where you 107 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 4: know you need to make changes, You need to work 108 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,919 Speaker 4: on a relationship, you need to forgive, you need to stretch, 109 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 4: But you're letting fear what. 110 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 5: People will think. 111 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 4: How it seems too hard to keep you in your comfort. 112 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 4: God is saying, if you'll choose my calling over your comfort, 113 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 4: if you'll do what I'm asking you to do, even 114 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 4: though it's difficult, then I'll step in and give you 115 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 4: supernatural strength. I'll give you the boldness, the courage, the 116 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 4: favor to accomplish dreams, to overcome obstacles, to go where 117 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 4: you couldn't go on your own. 118 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 5: John Chapter five. 119 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 4: There was a man that had been crippled for. 120 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 5: Thirty eight years. 121 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 4: Every day people carried him on a mat to the 122 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 4: Pool of Bethesda. 123 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 5: There was a legend. 124 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 4: They believed that when the waters bubbled up, an angel 125 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 4: was touching the water and the first person in would 126 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 4: be healed. There were five large porches around this pool. 127 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 4: It was surrounded by sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed. Year 128 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 4: after year, this man came to the pool. I can 129 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 4: imagine the first few years he believed he would get wound. 130 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 4: He came with expectancy, knowing that it could happen that day. 131 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 4: But the first year passed and nothing happened. Then another 132 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 4: and another, Now thirty eight years later, he wasn't expecting 133 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 4: anything to happen. 134 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 5: He had tried, it didn't work. 135 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 4: Out now. He was comfortable in his dysfunction. He was 136 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 4: surrounded by other people that were dysfunctional. This is all 137 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 4: he knew, going to the pool every day, laying there, 138 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 4: talking to his friends that were laying blind, couldn't walk. 139 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 4: Sometimes when we're dysfunctional, well, we like to get around 140 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 4: other dysfunctional people. 141 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,119 Speaker 5: That way, we feel more at ease. 142 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 4: When we're insecure, we find other people that are insecure. 143 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 4: When we're struggling with an addiction, we find other people 144 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 4: that are addicted. No, don't get around people that enable 145 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 4: your dysfunction. If you're depressed, don't hang around people that 146 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 4: are depressed. If you're fighting an illness, don't go find 147 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 4: other people that are sick so you can sit around 148 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 4: talk about your illnesses. Hang around people that have what 149 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 4: you want, not people that are struggling with what you 150 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 4: struggle with. 151 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 5: The enemy would love for you to stay. 152 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 4: In a limited environment that holds you down, limit your vision, 153 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 4: keeps you from dreaming, believing, expecting. Don't fall into that trap. 154 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 4: If you're depressed, find some happy friends. If you're addicted, 155 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 4: find some free friends. If you're sick, find some healthy friends. 156 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 4: If you're broke, find some blessed friends. One day Jesus 157 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 4: showed up at this pool. Out of all the people there, 158 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 4: Jesus came over to this man. He said, do you 159 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 4: want to get well? That seemed like an odd question, 160 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 4: that's why he was by the pull. But you can 161 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 4: be at the right place, in the wrong frame of 162 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 4: mind and miss your miracle. Jesus knew after all those 163 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 4: years the man was comfortable he had lost his passion 164 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 4: to be well. Instead of saying, yes, I want to 165 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 4: get well, that's what I've been believing for the man said, 166 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 4: I can't get well. I don't have anyone to help me. 167 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 4: When the angel comes, someone always gets in in front 168 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 4: of me. Jesus didn't feel sorry for the man. He 169 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 4: didn't say too bad, you're at a disadvantage. Jesus looked 170 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 4: at the man and said, rise, pick up your bed, 171 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 4: and walk. Jesus asked him to do something that he 172 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 4: couldn't do. The man could have said, what do you mean, 173 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 4: get up? Don't you know I'm crippled. I haven't walked 174 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 4: in thirty eight years. This man heard the call. Jesus 175 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 4: told him to rise up, but every thought said you 176 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 4: can't get up. You've been this way too long. 177 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 5: He had to make a decision. 178 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 4: Am I going to stay in my dysfunction, where I'm comfortable, 179 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 4: where I've been the last thirty eight years, Or am 180 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 4: I going to act on the calling? Am I going 181 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 4: to stretch try something that I've never done? Something rose 182 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 4: up in this man, against all odds. He sat up. Suddenly, 183 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 4: strength came into his legs. He stood up and started walking. 184 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 4: Instantly he was healed. None of this would have happened 185 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 4: if he would have stayed where he was comfortable. Any 186 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 4: time God is going to do something new in your life, 187 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 4: give you more influence, more favor, more anointing, more resources, 188 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 4: there's going to be this test of being uncomfortable. Are 189 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 4: you willing to stretch to do something you've ne ever done? 190 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 4: Move away from tradition, from certain people, from what you're 191 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 4: familiar with. Don't let the comfort keep you from the calling. 192 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 4: Where God is taking you is going to require risk. 193 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 4: You're going to have to leave what's familiar and step 194 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 4: into the unknown. 195 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 5: Like this man. 196 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 4: God is going to ask you to do things that 197 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 4: you don't think you can do in your own ability. 198 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 4: You can't, but when you take that step of faith, 199 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 4: God will step in and give you supernatural ability. But 200 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 4: sometimes we've been a certain way so long, we've convinced 201 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 4: ourselves of what we can't do. I can't run my department. 202 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 4: I don't have the talent. I can't break this addiction. 203 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 4: I've had it since high school. I can't get the 204 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 4: compact center. I've only been ministering for two years. God 205 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 4: doesn't ask you and then not give you what you need. 206 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 4: The question is are you going to stay comfortable where 207 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 4: it's safe? Are you you're going to step into your 208 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 4: calling now. I'm not saying this is easy. If it 209 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 4: was easy, everyone would do it. 210 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 5: This takes boldness. 211 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 4: This takes a made up mind that says, I am 212 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 4: not going to let fear insecurity what I don't think 213 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 4: I can do keep me in my limited environment. I'm 214 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 4: going to stretch. I'm going to take risk. I may 215 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 4: have to hurt some feelings, but I'm going to make 216 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 4: changes to follow the call. Not going to sit around 217 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 4: in dysfunction, surrounded by dysfunctional friends. 218 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 5: I'm going to rise and walk. 219 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 4: Your destiny is too great, your assignment too important to 220 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 4: let fear. 221 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 5: What will people thinking? What if it doesn't work out? 222 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 4: To hold you back? If you know how everything is 223 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 4: going to work out. You don't need faith. If you 224 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 4: can accomplish your dreams in your own ability, then your 225 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 4: dreams are too small. That may be a stepping stone. 226 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 4: But God will put dreams in your heart where you 227 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 4: don't have the finances, the connections, the experience. If he 228 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 4: doesn't show up, then it won't happen, and you'll be 229 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 4: tempted to think like the lame man, I can't walk. God, 230 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 4: you're telling me to do something that I've never done. 231 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 4: If you'll take that step of faith, you'll see God 232 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 4: do something that you've never seen. You'll see doors open 233 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 4: that you couldn't open. You'll see divine connections. People show 234 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 4: up that want to help you. Things fall into place. 235 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 4: That's because in your calling, there's favor. In your calling, 236 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 4: Opportunities will find you. In your calling, you'll break addictions, 237 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 4: you'll beat the cancer, you'll defeat that depression. But in 238 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 4: your comfort, you'll get stuck where you are. If you're 239 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 4: always comfortable, then they'll be lack, dysfunction, mediocrity. God is 240 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 4: saying to you, I'm calling you a higher I'm calling 241 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 4: you into abundance. 242 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 5: I'm calling you into freedom. 243 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 4: I'm calling you into new levels now, don't let comfort 244 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 4: hold you back. The fear may still be there, but 245 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 4: you have to act on your purpose, not on your fear. 246 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 4: Fear will keep you from your destiny. Fear will keep 247 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 4: you by the pool another year. You may feel fear, 248 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 4: but you have to do it afraid. 249 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 5: As you step out, courage will come. 250 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 4: Confidence will show up, the favor, the blessing, the healing. 251 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 5: It's waiting for you. 252 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 4: Not in your comfort, but in your calling. If you're 253 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 4: never uncomfortable, you're not growing. If you never have to 254 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 4: stretch your faith, you're never over your head, then you're 255 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 4: going to be limited. God will bring opportunities across your 256 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 4: path so you can come up to a new level. 257 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 4: Go where you've never been, break bondages that have been 258 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 4: passed down in your family line. It takes courage, It 259 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 4: takes a holy determination. You'll be timid to play it safe. 260 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 4: Don't rock the boat. I don't want to have to 261 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 4: stretch try something new. It seems impossible. God wouldn't have 262 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 4: given you the opportunity. He wouldn't have told you to 263 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 4: rise and walk if you couldn't do it. Don't let 264 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 4: comfort hold you back being comfortable will keep you from 265 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 4: your potential. You were created to stretch, you were created 266 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 4: to go further. And yes, there will be seasons where 267 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 4: you're comfortable, seasons where you're enjoying favor and blessings. But 268 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 4: God is not going to leave you in your comfort. 269 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 4: He's taken you from glory to glory. You can't reach 270 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 4: new levels of glory without being uncomfortable, without having to stretch, 271 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 4: without believing the things that seem unlikely. 272 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 5: I've learned the calling. 273 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 4: Will disrupt your comfort. There will be strategic times in 274 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 4: your life, like this crippled man, that God will He'll 275 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 4: call you up higher. He'll call you to break the addiction. 276 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 4: You were fine for a long time, but suddenly you 277 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 4: know you have to do something. He'll call you to 278 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 4: leave the familiar. 279 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 5: And go into the unknown. That's what happened to me. 280 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 4: I worked seventeen years behind the scenes here at Lakewood 281 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 4: doing the television production. 282 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 5: When my father went to be with the Lord. 283 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 4: I knew I was supposed to step up and pasture 284 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 4: the church, but I was comfortable behind the scenes. I 285 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 4: didn't want to be in front of people. I wouldn't 286 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 4: know what to say. All these fears insecurity intimidation were 287 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,479 Speaker 4: trying to hold me back. I had to make a decision. 288 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 4: Was I going to act on my calling or stay 289 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 4: in my comfort. 290 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 5: There were all these. 291 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 4: Loud thoughts saying you better stay where you are. You 292 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 4: don't have the training, the experience. You've never ministered before. 293 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 4: It's not worth the risk. God was calling me to 294 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 4: rise and walk like that cripple man. My first thought 295 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 4: was I can't, I've never done it. But when I 296 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 4: got it quiet, I could hear this still small voice 297 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 4: telling me, Joel, You've got what it takes. You've been 298 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 4: raised up for this time. This is your moment. 299 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 5: You are well able. 300 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 4: The enemy will always tell you what you can't do, 301 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 4: but if you'll turn down his lies, you'll hear a 302 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 4: still small voice telling you what you can do. You 303 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 4: can break the addiction, you can beat the cancer. You 304 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 4: can teach that class, you can start that business. You 305 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 4: can pay your house off. 306 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 5: You can rise and walk well. 307 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 4: Joel, What if I try and it doesn't work out. 308 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 4: What if you try and it does work out. What 309 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 4: if you take that step of faith and you go 310 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 4: to a new level. What if it thrusts you further 311 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 4: than you've imagined. What if you discover you can do 312 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 4: what you've never done. You can walk, you can lead, 313 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 4: you can live free and whole. Don't let the what 314 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 4: ifs talk you out of your destiny. Turn them around. 315 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 4: What if God shows up and favors you. What if 316 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 4: doors opened you never dreamed would open. What if you 317 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 4: beat the addiction after. 318 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 5: All these years? Here's the key. 319 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 4: If you never try, you're never going to know. There 320 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 4: are no risks in playing it safe, no risk in 321 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 4: lying by the pool another thirty eight years. 322 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 5: You already know what's going to happen. 323 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 4: But how sad it will be to come to the 324 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 4: end of life and never know what you could have 325 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 4: become if you would have just dared take some risk, 326 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 4: If you would have acted on the call and not 327 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 4: the comfort, if you would have listened to the still 328 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 4: small voice, the most High God instead of all the loud, 329 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:51,199 Speaker 4: intimidating lies of the enemy. When my father went to 330 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,159 Speaker 4: be with the Lord, there were other family members on 331 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 4: staff that were ministers, my sisters, brothers in laws. They 332 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 4: had a more experience. They were very capable, excellent ministers. 333 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 4: They could have wanted to pastor the church. My personality 334 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 4: type is I don't like conflict. 335 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 5: I want everyone to be happy. 336 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 4: I'll go out of my way to avoid even a 337 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 4: possible confrontation. But I knew if I was going to 338 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 4: step up and do what God called me to do, 339 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 4: I had to tell. 340 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 5: My family what I was thinking. 341 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 4: I asked if they would all meet me at the 342 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 4: church one morning. You talk about being uncomfortable, way out 343 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 4: of what I was used to. I called this big 344 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,959 Speaker 4: family meeting the first time in my life. I was 345 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 4: so nervous, wondering what everyone was going to think, how 346 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 4: it was going to turn out. 347 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 5: But when you make a move, God will make a move. 348 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 4: I told them how I felt like God wanted me 349 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 4: to pastor the church, and I didn't know how it 350 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 4: was going to work out, or even if it was right, 351 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 4: but that's what. 352 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 5: I believed in my heart. 353 00:18:56,320 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 4: I waited for all this conflict, all this debate. I'm 354 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 4: sure some others felt the same way, that they were 355 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 4: supposed to become the pastor. After all, they had more credentials. 356 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 4: All I had was my high school diploma, one year 357 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 4: of college, and my good looks. That was debatable. After 358 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 4: my big speech, the whole room went silent. Finally, my 359 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 4: sister Lisa spoke up and said, Joel, if you feel 360 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 4: that way, we're all going to support you. The next 361 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 4: person said the same thing, and again and again. I thought, 362 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 4: you mean, there's not going to be this big debate, 363 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 4: all this tension, strife, discord. When you step into your calling, 364 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 4: God will make your crooked places straight. He'll cause people 365 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 4: to be for you that could be against you. He'll 366 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 4: prepare their hearts, he'll fight your battles. That meeting ended 367 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 4: with my mother saying, Joel, I can't believe it's going 368 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 4: to be you. You're the least likely one. I said, 369 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 4: thank your mother for your confidence. I walked out of 370 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 4: there feeling about two feet tall. Friends, life is short, 371 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 4: time is flying by. You have to make this decision. 372 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 4: Are you going to stay comfortable? Are you going to 373 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 4: step into your calling? On the other side of that 374 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 4: uncomfortableness are new levels, new relationships, businesses, compact centers. Are 375 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 4: you letting fear hold you back? Fear of what might happen? 376 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 4: I had played out in my mind over and over 377 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 4: that family meeting, strife, discord, contenting, arguing none of that happened. 378 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 4: Most of the negative things you think are going to 379 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 4: happen are not going to happen. Why. God has already 380 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 4: prepared the way. He's already lined up the right people. 381 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 4: He's moving out the wrong people. He has the breaks 382 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 4: you need, the favor, the strength, the healing, the freedom. 383 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,439 Speaker 4: All he needs is for you to step into your calling. 384 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 4: Don't let fear hold you back. Fear of what people 385 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 4: are going to think. What are they going to say? 386 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 4: What if they're not for me? If they're not for you, 387 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 4: then you don't need them. Your destiny is not dependent 388 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 4: on everyone being for you. God has already lined up 389 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 4: the people you need that will be there to support you, 390 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 4: people that will help you accomplish your dreams. Now, if 391 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 4: a person or a group of people could stop your destiny, 392 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 4: they would be more powerful than God. Quit worrying about 393 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 4: what they might say. They may not be for me, 394 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 4: they may try to discredit me. They cannot stand against 395 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 4: our God. 396 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 5: Him being for you is more than the world being 397 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 5: against you. 398 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 4: We all have these times, like I had. They are 399 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 4: destiny moments. That opportunity is not going to pass by again. 400 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 4: And if you let fear keep you in your comfort zone. 401 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:56,400 Speaker 4: People didn't stop you, you stop yourself. I'm asking you 402 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 4: to choose your calling over your comfort. Every time God 403 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 4: has taken me to a new level, every time I've 404 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 4: seen favor in greater ways, one common thing has happened. 405 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 4: I was uncomfortable. I had to do something I didn't like. 406 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 4: I had to stretch, I had to walk down a 407 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 4: path that wasn't familiar. There was a lady in the 408 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 4: scripture named Rayham. She lived in the city of Jericho. 409 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 4: She didn't have a good reputation. She was a prostitute. 410 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 4: People looked down on her, didn't give her the time 411 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,680 Speaker 4: of day, thought why would she live like that? But 412 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 4: God never writes anyone off. The scripture says his calling 413 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 4: on your life is irrevocable. That means God has already 414 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 4: given you an assignment. He's already called you, and he's. 415 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 5: Not going to change his mind. 416 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 4: You may make mistakes, get off course, do things you 417 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 4: know you shouldn't, but that doesn't change the call. God 418 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 4: still has a destiny for you to fulfill. His mercy 419 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 4: is bigger than. 420 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 5: Any mistake that you mad. 421 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 4: Joshua and the Israelites were headed to the Promised Land. 422 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 4: The city of Jericho stood in their path. Joshua sent 423 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 4: two men in to spy out the land. They looked 424 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 4: around all that day. At night they needed a place 425 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 4: to stay. Of all the places, they came to Rehab's house. 426 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 4: She found out who they were, and something came alive 427 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 4: on the inside. All of a sudden, she had this 428 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 4: desire to help them. She told them how she believed 429 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 4: in their god, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 430 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 5: She not only took them in, but she hid them. 431 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 4: The next morning, the King of Jericho sent men to 432 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 4: Rehab's house and said, bring those men out their spies. 433 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,679 Speaker 4: She said, I'm sorry. They left last night out the 434 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,679 Speaker 4: city gates right before dusk. 435 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 5: If you hurry, you can probably still catch them. Those 436 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 5: men took off. 437 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 4: The spies told her, because you protected us when we 438 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 4: attacked the city, we're not going to harm you or 439 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 4: anyone in your house. 440 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 5: Rehab's life was spared. 441 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 4: None of this would have happened if she wasn't willing 442 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 4: to take a risk. She had to decide, am I 443 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 4: going to stay where it's comfortable, keep living in dysfunction, 444 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 4: doing things I'm not proud of, or am I going 445 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 4: to step into my calling. She had this boldness, this 446 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 4: courage to do something out of the ordinary. She had 447 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 4: to take a chance that the king would find out 448 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 4: that she was hiding the spies. But deep down, she 449 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 4: knew this was a destiny moment, a chance to do 450 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 4: the right thing, to show God that she believed in him. 451 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 4: I'm sure, thoughts told her, God's not. 452 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 5: Going to have anything to do with you. 453 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 4: Look at the life you've lived, look at all the 454 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 4: mistakes you've made. Somehow, Rehab tuned all that out and thought, God, 455 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 4: I know you still have a purpose for me. I 456 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 4: know I can still leave my mark. She took this risk, 457 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 4: and her whole world changed. Rahab ended up marrying a 458 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 4: Jewish man. They had a son named Boaz. Boas married Ruth. 459 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 4: They had a son named Obed. Obed had a son 460 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 4: named Jesse. Jesse had a son named David. That means Rayhab. 461 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 4: This former prostitute is in the family line of Jesus Christ. 462 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 4: Like Rayhab, when you choose your calling over your comfort, 463 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 4: you can affect generations to come. 464 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 5: Who knows how. 465 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 4: Not only your life will be impacted for the good, 466 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 4: but because you chose to stretch when you felt like 467 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 4: playing it safe, you chose to take the high road 468 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 4: instead of compromising. You chose to leave the comfort of 469 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 4: the addiction, the comfort of the dysfunction, and take steps 470 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 4: to overcome. Your family line will look back and see 471 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 4: the blessing, the freedom, the abundance. 472 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,680 Speaker 5: Started with you. You saying yes to your calling. 473 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 4: You being willing to be obedient, to do the right 474 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 4: thing when it was hard, to forgive when you were wrong, 475 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 4: to push past fear and. 476 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 5: Step into your purpose. You were the difference maker. 477 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 4: Is there some area God is asking you to leave 478 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 4: your comfort and come into your calling. Ray have felt 479 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 4: the calling on her life, but the environment wasn't conducive 480 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 4: to serve God. 481 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 5: They didn't worship Jehovah. No one in her family believed 482 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 5: in God. She was in an occupation that was looked 483 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 5: down on. But because she stepped out. 484 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 4: Of her comfort what she was used to, she is 485 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 4: now listed as one of the heroes of faith. Maybe, 486 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,360 Speaker 4: like her, you come from a family that doesn't have 487 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 4: any kind of faith. You're in an environment with people 488 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 4: that don't have anything to do with God. 489 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 5: All around you. 490 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 4: There's compromising, mediocrity, taking the easy way out. The reason 491 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 4: you feel this stirring in your spirit, the reason something 492 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:11,199 Speaker 4: is coming alive on the inside, is because God is 493 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 4: calling you He's been waiting for you. You're not hearing 494 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 4: this by accident. This is a destiny moment. The question 495 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 4: is will you leave your comfort and step into your calling? 496 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 4: Will you leave what's familiar, things that have held you down, 497 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 4: people that are causing you to compromise, and make this 498 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,439 Speaker 4: decision that you're going to honor God. You're going to 499 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 4: step up to who you were created to be. It's 500 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 4: easy to play it safe, don't rock the boat. I 501 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 4: don't want to have to change. 502 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 5: I don't want to. 503 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:49,199 Speaker 4: Be uncomfortable, but you'll never fulfill your purpose staying comfortable. 504 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,880 Speaker 4: On the other side of this discomfort is a new 505 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 4: level of your destiny. I know today I am looking 506 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 4: at heroes of faith. I'm looking people that have greatness 507 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 4: in them, great courage, great talent, great favor. Well not me, Joel, 508 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 4: I've had a rough background. I'm not in a good environment. 509 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 4: You're right where Rayhab was. You are one decision away 510 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 4: from stepping into your greatness, one decision from setting your 511 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 4: family on a new course to freedom, honor, blessing, victory. 512 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,880 Speaker 4: Now do your part, leave the comfort and come into 513 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 4: your calling. If you'll do this, I believe and declare 514 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 4: like the crippled man. Chains that have held you back 515 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 4: are being broken. Sicknesses, addictions, lack, poverty, limited thinking. You're 516 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 4: about to rise and walk. God is about to do 517 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 4: what you couldn't do on your own. Like Rahab. 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