1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joeln Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend. 5 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,119 Speaker 1: your life. Will God bless you. It's a joy to 7 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: come into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: please stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 9 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: I promise you we will make you feel right at home. 10 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 11 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: about this young man. He was a huge football fan. 12 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: He bought two tickets to the Super Bowl months ahead 13 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: of time, not realizing it was going to be on 14 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: the same day as his wedding. He paid a couple 15 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: thousand dollars each for the tickets, so he put an 16 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: ad on Facebook seeing if anyone wanted to go in 17 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: his place. He said, it will be at three o'clock 18 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: at First Baptist Church and her name is Tiffany. He 19 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: better get in counseling right now. But here we go. 20 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. What it says I am, I 21 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: have what it says I have, I can do what 22 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: it says I can do today. I will be taught 23 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 1: the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, 24 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 25 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 26 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: to you today about stir it up. When I was 27 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: growing up, we had a fireplace at home, and I 28 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: would go get the logs to make the fire. My 29 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: father showed me how if i'd put those logs just right, 30 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: a little bit vertical, the fire would burn so strong 31 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: and last a long time. Overnight, we would close the 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: metal grate and the fire would wind down. When I 33 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: would get up the next morning, all that was left 34 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: were some ashes and a few remnants of the logs. 35 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: I would go get more wood, but I discovered something. 36 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: I didn't have to get a new match to relight 37 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: the fire. Underneath those ashes, there werems that were still burning. 38 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: All I had to do was get the poker out 39 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: and stir it up, and the fire would come back 40 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: to life. In a few minutes. It would be burning 41 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: as strong as can be. 42 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 3: Now. 43 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: It may look like some things have gone out in 44 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: your life, Dreams that didn't work out, promises that you 45 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: were believing for that didn't come to pass. You think 46 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: it's never going to happen. It's been too long. You've 47 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: accepted it wasn't meant to be. But can I encourage you? 48 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: Underneath those ashes, there are embers that are still alive. 49 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: You may not be able to see them. They're buried 50 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: under disappointments, under delays, people that did you wrong, mistakes 51 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: that you made. But somewhere underneath all those ashes, a 52 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: flame is still burning. All you have to do is 53 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,679 Speaker 1: stir it up. Stir up your dreams, stir up your creativity, 54 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: stir up your gifts. What God put in you didn't 55 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: go out. Jeremiah said, your word, oh Lord, is like 56 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: fire shut up in my bones. That fire may be 57 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: a little flicker right now, but it's still in you. 58 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: The good news is the enemy can't put your fire out. 59 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: Depression can't put your fire out. Loss, loneliness, bad breaks 60 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 1: can't put it out. You may have gone through things 61 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: that were unfair, kind of knocked the wind out of you. 62 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: You need to know that did not stop God's plan 63 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,839 Speaker 1: for your life. What he started he's going to finish. Now. 64 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: You have to do your part and stir it up. 65 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: You can't live with no passion, no enthusiasm, just getting up, 66 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: going to work, coming home, doing it all again. That 67 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: fire is not going to grow without you stirring it. 68 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: Start dreaming again, start looking for new opportunities, Start praying 69 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: bold prayers, Start expecting God's favor. There is greatness shut 70 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: up in you. There are dreams shut up in you. 71 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: There are new levels. All they need is to be 72 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,839 Speaker 1: stirred out. The scripture says you will find me when 73 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: you search for me with all your heart, not with 74 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: half your heart. God was talking about passionate people, people 75 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: that are full of praise, people that are talking like 76 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: it's going to happen, people that are expecting his favor. 77 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: But if you're passive, indifferent, lethargic, you won't reach your potential. 78 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: You have to have some fire in you. Don't let 79 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 1: what hasn't worked out, The disappointments, the bad breaks cause 80 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: you to become half hearted. Half hearted in your praise, 81 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: half hearted in your marriage, half hearted. It worn't what 82 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: you're believing for may be taken longer than you thought. 83 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: That's why every day you need to stir yourself up. 84 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 1: This is not going to happen, and automatically you won't 85 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: wake up every morning excited about life, enthusiastic about your dreams. 86 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: Some mornings, when we wake up, we feel the blaws. 87 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: Thoughts will tell you nothing good is in your future, 88 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: nothing ever works out for you. You can either believe 89 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: those lies, drag through the day. One day will turn 90 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: into a month, a month will turn into a year. 91 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 1: Or you can make a decision, like David, when you 92 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: get out of bed, this is another day that the 93 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: Lord has made. I'm going to rejoice. I'm going to 94 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: be glad. I'm gonna enjoy this day. You know what 95 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: David was doing stirring himself up. He was fanning that flame, 96 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 1: making sure the fire kept burning. No wonder he was 97 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: able to outlast all kinds of opposition. No wonder he 98 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: overcame the rejection from his family and the betrayal from 99 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: King Saul, and became one of the heroes of faith. 100 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: You know who sees dreams come to pass stirred up people. 101 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: You know who goes further than they can imagine, People 102 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: that are passionate, people that make this decision like David, 103 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 1: to stay full of zeal. What's interesting is when David 104 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 1: wrote that passage, he wasn't in a great place. He 105 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: had armies coming against him. People were slandering him, trying 106 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: to ruin his reputation. He could have got up complaining, God, 107 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: it's not fair. I'm doing the right thing. Why are 108 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: these people treating me so badly? I thought you said 109 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: I would be the king. No, David understood this principle 110 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: that people can't put your fire out. Bad breaks, disappointments 111 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: cannot stop what God has ordained for you. And the 112 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: more things that come against you, the more you need 113 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: to stir yourself up. The more opposition, the more you 114 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: need to give God praise, the longer it's taking, the 115 00:06:57,920 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: more you need to talk like it's on the way. 116 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: The worse the medical report, the more you need to 117 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,359 Speaker 1: keep that spring in your staff, that passion in your spirit, 118 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: declaring God's fever is on your life. There are embers 119 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: in you right now just waiting to catch fire like 120 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: never before, embers of healing. That sickness looks permanent, starts 121 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: stirring up the healing. Father, Thank you that you're restoring 122 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: health back into me. Thank you that the number of 123 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: my days you will fulfill. Maybe you're struggling in your finances. 124 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: Business is slow it's easy to get discouraged. Think that's 125 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: your lot in life. There are embers of increase, embers 126 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: of abundance, embers of opportunity just waiting to be stirred up. 127 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: How do you do it? Father? Thank you that whatever 128 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: I touch prospers and succeeds. Thank You that I will 129 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: lend and not borrow. That I'm coming into overflow into 130 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: more than enough. When David went out to face Goliath, 131 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: the scripture says he ran quickly toward Goliath. That's a 132 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: passionate person. That's somebody that stirred up. You would think 133 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: he would be very careful, go out there kind of slowly, 134 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: maybe a little intimidated, afraid, thinking okay, God, I'll do this, 135 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: but it'll probably be the end of me. Oh, David 136 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: ran out boldly. His attitude was, I can't wait to 137 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: get to Goliath, because the sooner I get there, the 138 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: sooner I'll defeat him. When you live stirred up, you 139 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: don't run from your enemies. You run to your enemies. 140 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,959 Speaker 1: You don't let that cancer intimidate you. Your attitude is cancer. 141 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: You may be big, but you're no match for me. 142 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: The most High God is on my side. You don't 143 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: run from those people at work, those people trying to 144 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: make you look bad. You know, God being for you 145 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: is more than the world being against you. You have 146 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: everything you need to live a victorious, abundant life. It's 147 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: on the inside, but it has to be stirred up. 148 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: That courage may be a little ember right now you 149 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: feel intimidated. What you're up against looks much bigger. That's 150 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: the way I felt when my father went to be 151 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: with the Lord and I stepped up to pastor the church. 152 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: Every thought told me that I couldn't do it, that 153 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: nobody would listen, that I didn't have the talent. But 154 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 1: instead of believing those lies, I started stirring up the courage. Father, 155 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: Thank you that I am strong in the Lord. Thank 156 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: you that I could do all things through Christ. Thank 157 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: you that your favor surrounds me like a shield. I 158 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: started fanning that ember of courage, that ember of confidence, 159 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: that ember of talent. I didn't know I could get 160 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: up and speak in front of people when my father 161 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 1: would ask me to minister years ago, I used to think, 162 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: that is so odd. He doesn't know me very well. 163 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: I wouldn't know what to say. This This ember was 164 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: in me all that time, but for seventeen years I 165 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: never fanned a flame. When my father went to be 166 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: with the Lord, in one sense, it made it worse. 167 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: Now there were ashes on top of this ember. I 168 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: didn't know how things were going to work out. But 169 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: down in my spirit I could hear this voice telling 170 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: me to step up. This time. Instead of shrinking back, 171 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: I started fanning the flame, telling myself that I was 172 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: well able. I discovered there was fire shut up in 173 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: my bones, there were gifts and talents. It was just 174 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: a little flame. But as I started believing I could 175 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: do it, taking steps of faith, tuning out the doubt, 176 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 1: the naysayers, that fire came alive. God's taken me further 177 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: than I've dreamed. But I wonder what's shut up in 178 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: you that you haven't tapped into. What dreams, what gifts, 179 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: what healing? What freedom? It still burns. It's a little 180 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: ember now. It just needs you to add your passion 181 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: to it, to start believing, to start acting like it's 182 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: going to happen, to start stepping up with boldness. It's 183 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: easy to come up with excuses to talk ourselves out 184 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: of it, Joel. I tried, but it didn't work out. 185 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: Try again. That didn't put your fire out. The scripture 186 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: says a good person falls seven times and the Lord 187 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: raises him up. Maybe it just wasn't the right time. Well, 188 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: these people did me wrong. My company pushed me out, 189 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: I lost my spouse. I have all these ashes. I 190 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: know that's painful. I know it's not easy. But underneath 191 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: those ashes, there are embers that are still burning. You 192 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 1: may have gone through loss, but your life is not over. 193 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: Like God did for me, he has beauty for those ashes. 194 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 1: New doors are going to open, New relationships are going 195 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: to develop, New talents going to come out. That person 196 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: that walked out on you. Yes, that's hurtful, but don't 197 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: give up on life. They didn't put your fire out. 198 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: They can't stop your destiny. You're going to love again. 199 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: You're going to dream again. You're going to laugh again. 200 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: God has someone coming for you much better than who left. 201 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 1: Your latter days are going to be better than your 202 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 1: former days. Now, get your passion back, get your fire back. 203 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: Those dreams you've given up on. You need to get 204 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: that poker out and start stirring them up, start pursuing 205 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 1: them again. Those promises that you've let go of seems 206 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 1: like it's too late. The expert said that you can't 207 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: have a child, that you won't get well, that that 208 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: family member will never get back on course. Those are 209 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: lies to try to discourage you, to keep those embers 210 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: from ever catching fire. The enemy knows he can't put 211 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: out your flame, but if he can deceive you into 212 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: living with no passion, no enthusiasm, dragon through the day 213 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: thinking you've reached your limits, then that will keep you 214 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: from the fullness of what God has in store. That's 215 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: why Paul said in Romans, never lag in zeal. Be 216 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: a glow constantly burning with the spirit. It's interesting he 217 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: didn't say never lag in faith, never lag in confidence, 218 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: never lag in experience. He said never lag in zeal. 219 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: He was saying, if you'll stay passionate about your dreams, 220 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: passionate about what God promised, you don't lag in zeal, 221 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: then whatever area you lag in will eventually turn around. 222 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: You may lag in resources, lag in good health, lag 223 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: in friendships, but if you'll stay a glow burning with 224 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: the spirit, God promises the healing is coming, the right 225 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: people are coming, the abundance is coming. Paul said. The 226 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:01,199 Speaker 1: key is to stay fired up. That passion in your 227 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: spirit because we all go through disappointments, things we don't understand. 228 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: You may be dealing with an illness, an addiction, or 229 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: a situation doesn't look like it's ever going to improve. 230 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: You could easily drag around discourage. No, you have to 231 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: dig your heels in and say, I am not going 232 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: to let the enemy have my joy, my praise, my enthusiasm. 233 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: This day is a gift from God. I'm gonna stay 234 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: on fire, a glow burning with the spirit. David said, 235 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 1: bless the Lord O my soul and all that is 236 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: within me. Not partial, not halfway. He was saying, God, 237 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 1: I'm giving you a stirred of praise, a passionate praise, 238 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: not a praise when everything turns around, a praise that's 239 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: dependent on the circumstances. Joel, I'll have a good attitude 240 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: when my boss starts treating me better. I'll get my 241 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: joy back when the Texans win again. I should leave 242 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: that out. I'll be more enthusiastic when my finances improved. 243 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: Now you have it backwards. The stirred up praise is 244 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: what causes things to turn around. Being on fire a 245 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: glow is what causes those embers to ignite. What would 246 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: happen if you would start blessing the Lord with all 247 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: that is within you, getting up in the morning, thanking 248 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: him for the day, going out with enthusiasm, pursuing your dreams, 249 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: expecting his favor, passionate about your life. Everything may not 250 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: be perfect. We can all find a reason to be sour. 251 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: This is a decision we have to make. I will 252 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: bless the Lord. I will have a good attitude. I 253 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: will be good to somebody. I will enjoy this day. 254 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: You can't wait till you feel like it. You have 255 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: to decide. That's what it means to stir it up. 256 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: Timothy was a young man that was being mentored by 257 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: the apostle Paul. Paul must have seen him start to 258 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: get discouraged and lose his passion, because he said to 259 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: him in Second Timothy one, Timothy stir up the gift 260 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: of God that is within you. One translation says fan 261 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: the flame. Maybe Timothy wouldn't have gone on to do 262 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: great things and made such an impact with his life 263 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: if Paul hadn't have reminded him to stir it up. 264 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: That's why God has you hearing this. There are gifts 265 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: and talents in you right now that you have not 266 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: yet tapped into. There are dreams, favor, abundance just waiting 267 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: to be stirred up. You have not reached your destiny. 268 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: Too often we like to settle. We don't like to 269 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: stretch to get out of our comfort zones, especially when 270 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: we tried and it didn't work out. God is saying 271 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: to you what he said to Timothy. Stir up the 272 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: gifts that are in you. Stir up the dreams that 273 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: you've given up on. Stir up the healing, the freedom 274 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 1: that you quit believing for. Start fanning that flame. Don't 275 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: let what hasn't happened talk you out of what God 276 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 1: has in your future. You may have some big obstacles, 277 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: but the forces that are for you are greater than 278 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: the forces that are against you. You and God are 279 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:25,439 Speaker 1: a majority. He's breathing in your direction right now. I 280 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: talked to a young lady that was raised in a 281 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 1: very unhealthy environment. Her father was an alcoholic and her 282 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: mother was never around. At twelve years old, she ended 283 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: up homeless, living on the streets by herself. At sixteen, 284 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: she had a baby. She and her child lived in 285 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:47,360 Speaker 1: a shelter. Not long after that, she was diagnosed with leukemia, 286 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: no insurance, nobody to help her. Didn't look like she 287 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: had any kind of future, no gift in her. But 288 00:17:55,840 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: God doesn't create anyone without putting something significant on the inside. 289 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 1: Every person has seeds of greatness. That's why the enemy 290 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 1: works over time to try to push down your gifts, 291 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: bury them under abuse, neglect, sickness, is divorced. The good 292 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 1: news is the enemy can't put your fire out. What 293 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 1: God started, no person can stop. You may have had 294 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: some bad breaks, but the forces of darkness cannot keep 295 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: you from your destiny. They are not more powerful than 296 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 1: our God. The only one that can stop you is you. 297 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: If you give up on your dreams, if you live bitter, 298 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: no passion, thinking you've reached your limits, you will miss 299 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: the beauty for ashes that God has. You will miss 300 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: him paying you back for those unfair things that have happened. 301 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: Nineteen years old, this young lady gave her life to Christ. 302 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:57,639 Speaker 1: For the first time, she felt a sense of purpose destiny. 303 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,360 Speaker 1: She decided to go back to school. She got her ged, 304 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: She went on to college and got her bachelor's degree. 305 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 1: Then she got her master's degree, Then she got her doctorate. 306 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 1: Today she's not only cancer free, but she's the vice 307 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: president of a university. But back when she was a 308 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: homeless teenager, nobody would have believed that those gifts were 309 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: in her. Nobody would thought there was a vice president 310 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: of a university in her. What am I saying? Don't 311 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: judge your future based on where you are right now. 312 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: Don't let circumstances convince you that you've seen your best days. 313 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:41,439 Speaker 1: You wouldn't be alive unless God had something amazing up 314 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 1: in front of you. In the Scripture of Abraham and 315 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: Sarah were very old and Sarah had never had any children. 316 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: I'm sure she was disappointed because in those days, if 317 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: the wife didn't give the husband a child, they were 318 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 1: looked down on and felt a sense of shame. Now 319 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: Sarah was I'm eighty years old. She had already accepted 320 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: that it wasn't going to happen. But in Genesis seventeen, 321 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: God said to Abraham, I'm going to give Sarah a son. 322 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 1: She's going to become the mother of nations. Kings of 323 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: people will come out of her. Sarah thought she would 324 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: be bearing her whole life, that her wound would always 325 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: be empty. But God says, Sarah, you have something in 326 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: you that you can't see right now, something much bigger 327 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 1: than you've imagined. And yes, you've been through disappointments, but 328 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 1: that is not how your story ends. Sarah. You have 329 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: kings in you. You have nations in your wound against 330 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 1: all odds. A year later, Sarah gave birth to a 331 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: son that they named Isaac. There may be areas in 332 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: your life, like Sarah, that you've been baron. You tried, 333 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: you did your best, but the business didn't take off, 334 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: the marriage didn't make it. You weren't able to break 335 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: the addiction. No reason for you to be passionate. No, 336 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: that is not how your story ends. God is saying 337 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: to you what he said to Sarah. There are kings 338 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: in you. There are things that you don't see coming. Promotion, opportunity, healing, children, 339 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 1: the right people, businesses. It's not too late. You didn't 340 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: miss your chance. God has already planted those seeds in 341 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 1: your spirit. If you will start stirring it up, living 342 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: with passion, you are going to see God show out 343 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 1: in your life. The enemy wouldn't be fighting you if 344 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 1: he didn't know there was something awesome in you. He 345 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,360 Speaker 1: wouldn't be trying to discourage you convince you to settle. 346 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: If he didn't know you were destined to rise higher, 347 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: you are destined to leave your mark. When Sarah first 348 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: heard that she was going to have a baby, she laughed. 349 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 1: She thought, that's impossible. I can't have a baby. There 350 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 1: aren't kings in me. God was talking about her seed, 351 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: how her children and grandchildren would do great things. You 352 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: don't know what God is up to. The scripture says 353 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 1: no person has seen, heard, or imagine what God has 354 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: in store. God is going to bring things out of 355 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,400 Speaker 1: you that you didn't even know were in you. You're 356 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: going to see overflow, abundance, the surpassing greatness of His favor. Now, 357 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: if you're going to stay stirred up, you need to 358 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 1: get around other stirred up people. Don't hang around people 359 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: that drain your energy, take your enthusiasm, try to talk 360 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: you out of what you're believing for. But I don't 361 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: see how you can get well. My grandmother died of 362 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: that same thing. I wouldn't try to start that business. 363 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 1: What if it doesn't work out. You still think you're 364 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,959 Speaker 1: going to meet someone. You've been single a long time. 365 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: There will always be people that try to throw water 366 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: on your fire, tell you what you can't do, how 367 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: it's not going to work out, how you should say 368 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 1: where you are. They may mean well, they may even 369 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 1: love you, but the enemy uses people to try to 370 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: discourage us, to keep us from our destiny. Do yourself 371 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: a favor, distance yourself from them. Your time is too 372 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: valuable to spend it with negative people, people that have 373 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: no vision, no passion. You need to be around people 374 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: that help you stay stirred up. That's why so many 375 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: people come out to Lakewood and so many people listen. 376 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: Not because I'm the greatest minister, but I promise you this, 377 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stir you up. I'm going to challenge you 378 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: to go further, to reach for your dreams, to believe 379 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: for the impossible, to expect God's favor. I'm going to 380 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: remind you that you're a child of the Most High God, 381 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: that you have seeds of greatness, that God didn't bring 382 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: you this far to leave you, that what happened in 383 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: your past doesn't have to stop your future. That God 384 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 1: has the final say. My question for you is, are 385 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: you living stirred up? Are you passionate about your dreams? 386 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 1: Are you excited about your future? Friend's life is flying by. 387 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: Don't waste another minute dragging through the day focused on 388 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 1: what's wrong, thinking you've reached your limits. The truth is 389 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,479 Speaker 1: you're on the launching pad. God's about to do a 390 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: new thing. You're about to see his favor in unprecedented way. 391 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 1: Get ready for overflow, get ready for new levels, get 392 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: ready for something that you've never seen. James Chapter five says, 393 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous person makes tremendous 394 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 1: power available. That word fervent in the original language is 395 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: where we get our word for energy. It suggests the 396 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: idea of energizing, like electricity energizes a circuit. You can 397 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: plug a lamp into an outlet, but if the power's 398 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 1: not on, doesn't do any good. This says, the effectual 399 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: fervent prayer not a passive prayer, not a weak lethargic prayer. 400 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,640 Speaker 1: Will you say the same thing over and over, no passion, 401 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: But when you pray a stirred up prayer, a passionate prayer, 402 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: a bold prayer that makes tremendous power available. Well, God, 403 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,880 Speaker 1: I know I don't deserve much. I made a lot 404 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: of mistakes. But if you want to help me, you can. 405 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 1: That's not energizing the circuits, so to speak. Depressing prayers 406 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 1: don't bring any power. The prayer that's effective is a fervent, passionate, bold, 407 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 1: faith filled prayer. Father, Thank you that you're opening doors 408 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: that no man can shut. Thank you that you're taking 409 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: me where I can't go on my own. Think you 410 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 1: that I'm coming into a year of overflood. Don't pray 411 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: depressing prayers. God, my back's been hurting so bad. These 412 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: children are getting on my nerves. I don't think I 413 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: can take it anymore. That's not activating any power. Turn 414 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 1: it around. Father. Thank you that you're fighting my battles. 415 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: Thank you that no weapon formed against me will prosper 416 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: that as for me and my house, we will serve 417 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 1: the Lord. You have to show God that you want 418 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: what you're praying about. There has to be some fervor, 419 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: some zeal, some enthusiasm. If you're not passionate about it, 420 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: it's not an effective prayer. I'm asking you to stir 421 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:36,239 Speaker 1: it up. Stir up what you're praying about, Stir up 422 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: your dreams, stir up your gifts. God has put incredible 423 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: potential on the inside. It may just be a little 424 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:47,719 Speaker 1: ember now. But as you keep stirring it up, I 425 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: believe and declare, like Sarah, greatness is going to come 426 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,640 Speaker 1: out of you. New doors are about to open. Negative 427 00:26:55,680 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 1: situations are turning around, healing breakthroughs. Favor the fullness of 428 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,959 Speaker 1: your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, 429 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: can you save him? In today? I'd like to give 430 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 431 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll 432 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 433 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,199 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 434 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 435 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,719 Speaker 1: a good Bible based church. 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