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It helps keep the 40 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 6: ministry going. 41 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 7: Enjoy the message. 42 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 6: Oh God, bless you always a joy to come into 43 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 6: your homes. We love you, and we know God has 44 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 6: great things in store for you. God rewards the people 45 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 6: that seek after him. 46 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 4: I know that's you. Or you wouldn't be watching, or 47 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 4: you wouldn't be here today. 48 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 6: So bless you today. If you're ever in our area, 49 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 6: come out and see us. I promise you'll We'll make 50 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 6: you feel right at home. But thanks for tuning in. 51 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 6: I like to get started each week with something kind 52 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 6: of funny. And you know these are not doctrinally correct. 53 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 6: They're just to make us laugh. But I heard about 54 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 6: this husband and wife. They were celebrating their sixtieth birthdays together. 55 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 6: Suddenly an angel appeared and said God was going to 56 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 6: grant them each one special request. 57 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 4: They were so excited. 58 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 6: The wife said, my request is that we'd be able 59 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 6: to travel all over the world, and poof, when the 60 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 6: smoke cleared, she had tickets in her hand. 61 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 4: The husband hung his head in shame. 62 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 6: He said, my request is that I'd be married to 63 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 6: a woman thirty years younger than me, and poof, when 64 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 6: the smoke cleared, he was ninety years old. 65 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 4: Right, hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 66 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. 67 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 6: I am what it says I am, I have what 68 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 6: it says I have, I can do what it says 69 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 6: I can do. 70 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 4: Today I will be. 71 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 6: Taught the word of God I boldly confess my mind 72 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 6: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 73 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 6: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 74 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 6: to talk to you today about how you are an 75 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 6: extraordinary person. We all face challenges and we all have 76 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 6: obstacles to overcome, but if we can keep the right perspective, 77 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 6: it'll help us to stay in faith. And one thing 78 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 6: I've learned is average people have average problems. Ordinary people 79 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 6: have ordinary challenges. But here's the key. You're not average, 80 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 6: You're not ordinary, you are extraordinary. God breeds his life 81 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 6: into you. This means you can't expect average problems. You 82 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 6: can't expect ordinary time challenges. You are exceptional and exceptional 83 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 6: people face exceptional difficulties. But the good news is we 84 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 6: serve an exceptional God. And when God allows a problem 85 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 6: in your life, he doesn't match it to the size 86 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 6: you think you are. He matches it to the size 87 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 6: of your destiny. God knows what you're capable of. 88 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 4: He sees your potential. 89 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 6: When you have an incredible problem, Instead of being discouraged, 90 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 6: you should be encouraged knowing that you're an incredible person 91 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 6: and you have an incredible future. Well, you say, Joel, 92 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 6: why are these people talking about me at work? Why 93 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 6: are they trying to make me look bad? Listen, they 94 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 6: don't talk about average people. They don't talk about ordinary people. 95 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 6: They talk about exceptional people. 96 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 4: That's why they're talking about you. 97 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 6: It's no big deal. Just shake it off and move forward. 98 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 6: It comes with the territory. I had a reporter say 99 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 6: to me last week, Joel, I've done all my research 100 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 6: on you. I've got to tell you you have an 101 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 6: extraordinary amount of critics. I smiled and said, it's because 102 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 6: I'm an extraordinary person. Well, how come every time I 103 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 6: try to go forward, Joel, every time I try to 104 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 6: pursue my dreams. 105 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 4: I have major challenges. 106 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 6: It's because you're a major person with a major future. 107 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 6: The enemy would leave you alone if you weren't a threat. 108 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 6: He wouldn't bother you, if you weren't headed for great things. 109 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 6: You need to dig your heels in and say, I'm 110 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 6: not gonna be discouraged by these problems. It may be big, 111 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 6: but it's not too big for me. I'm not gonna 112 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 6: go around complaining because somebody's talking about me. I'm not 113 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 6: gonna get upset because I'm struggling a little in my finances. 114 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 6: I'm staying in faith knowing that the enemy wouldn't fight 115 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 6: me this hard if he didn't know God had something. 116 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 4: Great in store. 117 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 6: And understand the size of your problem is an indication 118 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 6: of the size of your future. If you have a 119 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 6: big challenge, that means you have a big future. Don't 120 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 6: go around complaining why did this happen to me? Why 121 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 6: did my plant close down? Why did my loved one die? 122 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 6: Why do I have this sickness? No, that obstacle is 123 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 6: not there to defeat you. It's there to promote you. 124 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 6: If you'll stay in faith right past that difficulty, you'll 125 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 6: see a new level of God's favor. This is what 126 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 6: happened to David. He would still be known as a 127 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 6: shepherd boy if it were not for Goliath. He faced 128 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 6: an extraordinary problem. Goliath was three times his size. He 129 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 6: was a skilled warrior. He was the leader of that army. Here, 130 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 6: David was a teenager. He didn't have any formal training, 131 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 6: He had no equipment, no armor. In the natural, David 132 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 6: didn't have a chance. What was God doing? That didn't 133 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 6: seem to make any sense. But God wouldn't have presented 134 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 6: David with that ex extra ordinary challenge unless he already 135 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 6: knew that David was an extraordinary person. No doubt David 136 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 6: felt average. I'm sure he felt ordinary just taking care 137 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 6: of his father's sheep. 138 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 4: Nothing special about him. 139 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 6: But when David heard Goliath taunting the people of Israel, 140 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 6: something rose up on the inside that said, David. 141 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 4: This is your time, this is your destiny. 142 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 6: I believe at that moment a seed of faith took 143 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 6: root in his heart and he began to realize he 144 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 6: was not average, he was not ordinary. He could feel 145 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 6: those seeds of greatness. His mind told him, David, you're crazy. 146 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 6: You're never going to defeat this man. You're going to 147 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 6: get out there and look like a fool. But in 148 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 6: his heart he could hear the voice of faith saying, 149 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 6: greater is he that's in me than he that's coming 150 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 6: against me. I am well able to fulfill my destiny. 151 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 6: I may not see away, but I know my God 152 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 6: can make away. He went out and defeated the giant. 153 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 6: Do you realize what made David King, what promoted him? 154 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 4: It was Goliath. 155 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 6: The extraordinary problem brought out the extraordinary person. Some of 156 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 6: you today, you're facing situations that seem impossible. 157 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 4: You don't see how it could work out. 158 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 6: But I believe even right now, a seed of faith 159 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 6: is rising in your heart. Something on the inside is saying, 160 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 6: I am bigger than this problem. I was created to overcome. 161 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 6: I was destined to live in victory. Now you've got 162 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 6: to do like David and let that seed take root. 163 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 6: Believe that you can overcome every obstacle. Believe that you're 164 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 6: a person of destiny. Stir up the fire that God's 165 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 6: put on the inside. You can't sit back and be 166 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 6: passive and kind of complain, talk about how bad it is, 167 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 6: how you'll never rise any higher. Now that obstacle may 168 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 6: look like a Goliah, it may look impossible, but God 169 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 6: wouldn't have allowed it if he didn't already know you 170 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 6: could overcome it. 171 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 4: Quit looking at your. 172 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 6: Difficulties as obstacles that are going to hold you back, 173 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 6: and start looking at them as opportunities that are going 174 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 6: to push you forward. Understand, incredible people will face incredible challenges, 175 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 6: but the good news is you're going to see incredible victories. 176 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 6: Outstanding people will have outstanding problems, but let me declare it, 177 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 6: you're going to see outstanding promotion. Extraordinary people will have 178 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 6: extraordinary critics, but you're going to have extraordinary vindication. I've 179 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 6: learned this God doesn't allow big challenges to face small people. 180 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 6: You may be facing something big today, seems like it's 181 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 6: over your head. You could easily be overwhelmed, but that 182 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 6: is a sure sign you're a big person with a 183 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 6: big destiny. You may feel small, you may not see 184 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 6: how it's going to work out, but you've got to 185 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 6: remember who you are, a child of the most high God. 186 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 6: You have been created in his image. You're wearing your 187 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 6: crown of favor. You've got royal blood flowing through your veins. 188 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 6: When times get tough and you don't see a way out, 189 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 6: don't go around complain and all this is never going 190 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 6: to change. No, dig your heels in, have the attitude. 191 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 6: I've come too far to stop now. This may be extraordinary, 192 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 6: but I know I'm an extraordinary person serving an extraordinary God. 193 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 6: And every morning you need to remind yourself. You are equipped, 194 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 6: you are empowered, you are anointed. You are strong, you 195 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 6: are talented, you are creative. You have been armed with 196 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 6: strength for every battle. There is no challenge that's too 197 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 6: difficult for you. No sickness can hold you back. No 198 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 6: person can steal your destiny. No legal trouble is going 199 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 6: to defeat you. Your enemies may be. 200 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 4: Powerful, but our God is all powerful. And one thing 201 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 4: I love about God is he will never give you 202 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 4: a Goliath without giving you goliath size favor. All David 203 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 4: had was a slingshot and a few stones. 204 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 6: It didn't look like much, but a little with God's 205 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 6: favor is all you need. All God has to do 206 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 6: is breathe in your direction and things will begin to change. 207 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 6: I remember when we were trying to acquire this place, 208 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 6: the former Compact Center, our new facility. It was like 209 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 6: David versus Goliath. Our opponents, another group that wanted this property. 210 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 6: They were the largest taxpayer in Texas, a huge corporation, 211 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 6: very influential, very strong in the natural. 212 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 4: We didn't have a. 213 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 6: Chance, And at first I thought, God, why couldn't we 214 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 6: be facing somebody more our size, somebody more reasonable, maybe 215 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 6: a smaller company, another nonprofit, But God, not this huge corporation. 216 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 6: But over time I learned this principle. God doesn't match 217 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 6: you the size you think you are. He matches you 218 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 6: to the size of your destiny. God will not give 219 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 6: you a Goliath. He will not allow a major challenge 220 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 6: and then just give you a little favor, a little strength, 221 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 6: a little wisdom. No, God equips you with exactly what 222 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:22,959 Speaker 6: you need to overcome every obstacle. You have been empowered 223 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 6: to accomplish every dream that God's put in your heart. 224 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 6: We begin to realize the reason we have a huge 225 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 6: obstacle is because we have a huge future. 226 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 4: We made up our mind we were not going to 227 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 4: back down. 228 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 6: We were gonna go around negative complaining, talking like it 229 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 6: wasn't gonna happen. Our attitude was, if God be for us, 230 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 6: who dare be against us? This may be a big challenge, 231 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 6: but we know we're big people serving a big God. 232 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 6: We stayed in faith, and three years later we saw 233 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 6: God show up and make a way where it looked 234 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 6: like there was no way. God wants to do the 235 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 6: same thing for every one of you. But you've got 236 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 6: to know who you are. When times get tough, you 237 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 6: can knot back down and get discouraged. You've got to 238 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 6: know that you know you are equipped, you are empowered, 239 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 6: you are well able to overcome. When I was growing up, 240 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 6: we had a dog by the name of Scooter. Scooter 241 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 6: was a great, big german shepherd. He was the king 242 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 6: of the neighborhood. He was strong and fast and always 243 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 6: running here and there, chasing after squirrels. 244 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 4: Nobody would mess with Scooter. Well. 245 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 6: One day, my dad was out taking a bike ride 246 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 6: and Scooter was following along beside him. My father told 247 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 6: how he looked over there and was so proud a scooter. 248 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 4: Scooter looked like he could fight a tiger. You could 249 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 4: see his muscles rippling out. 250 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 6: But about that time, a tiny little chihuahua came bursting 251 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 6: out of one of the homes, about thirty or forty 252 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 6: yards in front of them, racing towards Scooter ninety miles 253 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 6: per hour, barking at the top for his lungs. My 254 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 6: dad thought, poor little dog, you are messing with the 255 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 6: wrong dog. 256 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 4: Scooter can put one paw on you and crush you. 257 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 6: That little dog just kept coming full force, barking as 258 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 6: loud as he could, and my dad was just waiting 259 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:18,119 Speaker 6: for Scooter to back him down. But much to his surprise, 260 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 6: the closer that little dog got, the more Scooter began 261 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 6: to hang his head. When that little chihuahua finally got 262 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 6: all the way up to Scooter, you know what, Scooter did. 263 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 6: He laid down, rolled over, and put all four legs 264 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 6: up in the air. Daddy said, I wanted to kick 265 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 6: that dog all the way home, but I've learned the 266 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 6: size of the problem is not what matters. 267 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 4: It's the size of the person. 268 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 6: Scooter was not near as big on the inside as 269 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 6: he was on the outside. But really that's nothing compared 270 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 6: to what we do as sons and daughters of the 271 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 6: Most High God. 272 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 4: When we back down and allow. 273 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 6: Every disappointment and every adversity to stop us here we've 274 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 6: got the greatest power in the universe on the inside. 275 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 6: God has made us to be more than conquers. But 276 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 6: too often when times get difficult, we do like Scooter 277 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 6: and we don't remember who we are. We think, oh man, 278 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 6: this is too much. I'll never get out of this situation. No, 279 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 6: put your shoulders back, hold your head up high. You 280 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 6: are well able to overcome. If you will recognize you're 281 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 6: an extraordinary person, you have an extraordinary future, then you 282 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 6: won't be surprised nor frustrated when you face some extraordinary challenges. 283 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 4: This is what Joseph did. 284 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 6: He had a big dream, but with this big dream 285 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 6: came big problems. He suffered incredible rejection. His own brother 286 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 6: sold him into slavery, threw him into a pit. 287 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 4: It was incredibly unfair. 288 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 6: He was lied about and spent thirteen years in prison 289 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 6: for something that he did do, an incredible injustice. But 290 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 6: Joseph understood this principle. He knew he was an incredible 291 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 6: person with an incredible future, so he didn't get discouraged 292 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 6: by incredible problems. He just kept doing his best day 293 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 6: in and day out. He could have easily let his 294 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 6: dream get pushed down. It could have gotten buried under disappointment, 295 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 6: buried under rejection, buried under injustice. Most people would have 296 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 6: gotten bitter and lost their enthusiasm. 297 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 4: But not Joseph. 298 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 6: He just shook it off, knowing that he served an 299 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 6: incredible God. And sure enough, one day he saw incredible promotion. 300 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 6: He was put in charge of the whole country. He 301 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 6: saw incredible vindication. His own brothers came back and bowed 302 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 6: down low before him. What am I saying? Without the 303 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 6: incredible challenges, he wouldn't have seen the incredible promotion. Some 304 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 6: of you today don't think that you could really fulfill 305 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 6: your destiny. 306 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 4: You've had too much come against you. 307 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 6: People didn't raise your right somebody walked out of a marriage. 308 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 6: You had an incredible disappointment. It was just so unfair. 309 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 6: But you need to do like David and have the attitude. 310 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 6: I've been through incredible problems. I've had incredible rejection. I've 311 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 6: had some incredible disappointments. But now I know it's my 312 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 6: time for incredible favor. I'm expecting incredible promotion. I'm expecting 313 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,400 Speaker 6: incredible vindication. 314 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 4: Don't let your dreams get pushed down. 315 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 6: Determine in your heart you're going to become everything God's 316 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 6: created you to be. I see too many people they 317 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 6: get discouraged, say Joel, why did this happen to me? 318 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 4: It was so unfair. 319 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 6: But I want you to have a new perspective. Those 320 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 6: challenges were stepping stones. 321 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 4: To your destiny. 322 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 6: If you didn't have big problems, you wouldn't be a 323 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 6: big person. Most of you, I dare say, you can 324 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 6: look back in your own life and see how in 325 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 6: the difficult times when you didn't back down, but you 326 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 6: pressed on and you overcame that addiction, you overlook that offense. 327 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 4: You did the right thing when the wrong thing was happening. 328 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 6: When you got past that, you saw a new level 329 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 6: of God's favor. Now, I know this may sound kind 330 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 6: of odd, but if all you have is little challenges, 331 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 6: little problems, little opposition, really that's not a good sign. 332 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 6: That means you're coasting, you're not stretching, you're not growing. 333 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 6: You need to stir up what God's put on the inside. 334 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 6: I mean, if you can accomplish all your dreams in 335 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 6: your own strength, if you can win all your battles 336 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 6: without God's help, you need to get a bigger vision. 337 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 6: You need to look down on the inside and you 338 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 6: will find a God size dream. How do you know 339 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 6: it's from God. It'll be so big, it'll look so impossible. 340 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 6: You can't accomplish it on your own. You'll know you'll 341 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 6: have to have God's strength, God's wisdom, and God's favor 342 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 6: to see that dream come to pass. The scripture says 343 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 6: in on one seven twenty three, they that go down 344 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 6: to the sea and do business in deep waters, they 345 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,400 Speaker 6: will see the wonders of God. Friends, you and I 346 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 6: were created to do business in deep waters. We're not 347 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 6: supposed to have little dreams, little plans, or just pray 348 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 6: that I'll never face anything big. No, if you have 349 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,679 Speaker 6: a big dream, you're gonna have big challenges. Big people 350 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 6: face big problems. The good news is we don't have 351 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,920 Speaker 6: to be worried. We serve a big God. It's all 352 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 6: a part of fulfilling our destiny. When you're out there 353 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,919 Speaker 6: in the deep waters, you can't touch the ground. It 354 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,400 Speaker 6: can get a little rocky. At times, you don't see 355 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 6: how it's gonna work out. It looks impossible, but on 356 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 6: the inside, you know God can do the impossible. When 357 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 6: you're in the deep waters, you're not moved by your circumstances. 358 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 6: You know not only who you are, but who you are. 359 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 6: A sickness may come against you, a child's not doing right, 360 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 6: struggling in your finances. You don't get discouraged. You don't 361 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 6: start complaining. You've got a made up mind. You know 362 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,120 Speaker 6: the reason you're having a big challenge is because you're 363 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 6: a big person with a big destiny. 364 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 4: You're not a lightweight. When you're in those deep waters, you. 365 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 6: Don't get discouraged because somebody's talking about you. You just 366 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 6: shake it off and say, God bless them. I mean 367 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 6: God bless them. You don't give in because one door closes. 368 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 6: You keep going knowing that God's going to open. 369 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 4: Up another door. 370 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 6: You don't go around feeling sorry for yourself because your 371 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 6: dreams are taking a long time. No, you know, in 372 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 6: due season, God will bring them to pass. Jesus said 373 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 6: to his disciples, come out into the deep. And I 374 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 6: believe God is saying that to each one of us today. 375 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 6: Let go of little dreams, little ideas, little plans. 376 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 4: Dare to believe for something great. 377 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 6: Stir up those gifts, those dreams that God's put on 378 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 6: the inside. It's one thing I love about Joseph. He 379 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 6: never let go of his God sized dream. Through all 380 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 6: the disappointment, through all the rejection, through all the injustice. 381 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 6: He could have easily scaled back his dream. He said, God, 382 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 6: I thought you wanted me to do something great. I 383 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 6: thought I would lead a country. I thought people would 384 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 6: bow down before me. 385 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 4: But I must be wrong God. Nothing in my life 386 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:21,640 Speaker 4: has gone right. 387 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 6: No, in spite of his disappointments, in spite of his 388 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 6: own family doing him wrong, the scripture says, Joseph remembered 389 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 6: his dream. 390 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 4: This is so important. 391 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 6: Some of you need to get alone and in your 392 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 6: quiet time, search your heart. 393 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 4: And remember the dream God put on the inside. 394 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,879 Speaker 6: May have been pushed down by adversity, buried under disappointment, 395 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 6: buried under failure, buried under rejection. But God is saying 396 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 6: that dream is still alive and I still have a 397 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 6: way to bring it to pass. Just life with Joseph, 398 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 6: God is still in control. May feel like you're in 399 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 6: the pit, You may feel like you're in the prison. 400 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 4: So to speak. 401 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 6: But the good news is the palace is on its way. 402 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 6: If you'll get a new vision for your life and 403 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 6: stir up what's been pressed down, then God's going to 404 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 6: bring out of you buried treasure. That is, those hidden 405 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 6: desires that you haven't told anybody about, those secret dreams 406 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 6: that you had when you were younger, before life threw 407 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 6: you some curves. Those promises are still alive and well. 408 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 6: And the fact is everything you've gone through in life 409 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 6: is to prepare you for this time. Nothing in your 410 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 6: life has been wasted. Every mistake you made, God had 411 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 6: a purpose for it. Every person that did you wrong, 412 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 6: they didn't just take something from you. God deposited something 413 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 6: in you. Every disappointment, every lonely night. It may have 414 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 6: been difficult, but it has prepared you and made you 415 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 6: into who you are today. Like Esther, this is your 416 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 6: time This is your moment to step into a new 417 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 6: level of God's favor, like Joseph. This is your time 418 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 6: to go from the pit to your place of promotion. 419 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 6: Like David, It's your time to go from keeping the 420 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 6: sheep to keeping the nation. To go from being in 421 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 6: the background to being in the foreground, to see those 422 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,640 Speaker 6: dreams come to pass. Why don't you let these seeds 423 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 6: take root. I know some of you have had more 424 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 6: than your share of unfair things happen. You have plenty 425 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 6: of reasons to just settle where you are, but understand 426 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 6: the depth of your past is an indication of the 427 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,360 Speaker 6: height of your future. If you've been through a lot 428 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 6: of negative things, that just tells me your future is 429 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 6: bigger and brighter and greater than you can even imagine. 430 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,479 Speaker 6: Let me ask you, are there dreams and promises that 431 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 6: you've let go of? 432 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 4: Are there things that God's put in your heart? But 433 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 4: because of. 434 00:23:55,280 --> 00:24:00,160 Speaker 6: Time, because of disappointments, you've given up on No, Today 435 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 6: is the day to give your dreams a new beginning. 436 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 4: Faith is rising in your hearts. 437 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 6: What's happened to you is not nearly as important as 438 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 6: what's happened in you. 439 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 4: God was getting you prepared. 440 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,239 Speaker 6: It may have been difficult, but I know I'm not 441 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 6: looking at lightweights. 442 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 4: I'm not looking at pushovers. 443 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 6: Average people may have gotten discouraged with your circumstances. 444 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 4: Average people may have given up. By now. 445 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,120 Speaker 6: Average people would have found some reason to settle where 446 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 6: they are. Average people wouldn't be sitting here today, They 447 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 6: wouldn't be watching. Let me tell you again, you're not ordinary. 448 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 6: You are extraordinary. 449 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 4: You know God has you in the palm of his hand. 450 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 4: You know right beyond. 451 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 6: That difficulty is a new level of God's favor. You 452 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 6: recognize that challenge is not there to stop you. 453 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 4: It's there to promote you. All you may have is a. 454 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 6: Slingshot and a few stones, but you know the favor 455 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 6: of God is upon it. You're out there in the 456 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 6: deep waters, honoring God, doing your best being and blessing 457 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 6: to others, just like Joseph, just like David. God promises 458 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 6: you're gonna see his wonders in mighty ways. That means 459 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 6: you're gonna see supernatural doors begin to open. You're gonna 460 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 6: see promotion, You're gonna see vindication. 461 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 4: You're gonna discover talent that you didn't know you had. 462 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,400 Speaker 6: You're gonna accomplish goals that you thought were impossible. You're 463 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 6: gonna overcome enemies that were more powerful than you. You're 464 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 6: gonna rise above that sickness. You're gonna break every addiction. 465 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,439 Speaker 6: What was meant for your harm, God's gonna use to 466 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 6: your advantage. When you're in those deep waters, it may 467 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 6: get a little rocky, but know this, you're not gonna 468 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 6: go under. God is fighting your battles for you. And 469 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 6: it's just a matter of time before God shows up 470 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 6: and shows out in a great, great way. But here's 471 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 6: something that we have to do Ephesian chapter six. 472 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 4: Put on the whole armor of God. 473 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 6: Every morning before you leave the house, you need to 474 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 6: make sure you have your armor on. You've got to 475 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 6: get prepared for what comes against you. When you have 476 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 6: on the armor of God, you. 477 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 4: Are bad to the bone. Nothing can defeat you. You've 478 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 4: got your helmet of salvation. 479 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 6: That means you're not only at peace with God, but 480 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,880 Speaker 6: you've got your thoughts going in the right direction, positive, hopeful, 481 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 6: expecting God's favor. You're wearing your breastplate of righteousness. You 482 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 6: know God already has approved and accepted you. It doesn't 483 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 6: matter how people try to make you feel you've got 484 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 6: your belt of truth. 485 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 4: You don't live life stressed out. You're wearing your shoes 486 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 4: of peace, and even when it looks difficult, no big deal. 487 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 6: You got the shield of faith. You know God's gonna 488 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 6: make a way. And finally you've got the sword of 489 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 6: the spirit. That's God's word coming out of your mouth. 490 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 6: You don't go around complaining. Aw Man, my stock dropped 491 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 6: in half last month, Joel, I'm depressed, or my backs 492 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 6: been hurting for six months, or the hurricane really set 493 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 6: me back. No, your attitude is I'm blessed, I'm prosperous. 494 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 6: I have the favor of God. I can do all 495 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 6: things through Christ. I am strong in the Lord. My 496 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 6: best days are still in. 497 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 4: Front of me. When you have your armor on, nothing 498 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 4: can take you down. 499 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 6: You don't get discouraged because somebody's talking about you. You 500 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 6: got your shoes of peace on. You shake it off 501 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 6: and keep going. You don't get overwhelmed because you went 502 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 6: through a disappointment. You got to shield of faith. You 503 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 6: know God is still directing your steps. When you're wearing 504 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 6: your armor, you're protected, you're empowered, you're equipped no matter 505 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 6: what comes against you. No adversity, no disappointment, no challenge. 506 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 6: All the forces of darkness cannot stop you. They may 507 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 6: do their best, but their best will never be enough. 508 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 6: When it's all said and done, you will still be 509 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:50,199 Speaker 6: standing strong. Here's something important about the armor. Did you 510 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 6: notice there's nothing for our backside. There's nothing to cover 511 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 6: us from the rear. You know why God never intended. 512 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 4: For us to be running from our enemies. Don't run 513 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 4: from your problems, don't run from Goliath. 514 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 6: Oh but it's so big, Joel, No, the size doesn't matter. 515 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 4: What matters is who's backing you up. 516 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 6: The creator of the universe is on your side. You 517 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 6: may have some big challenges, but you always remember it 518 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 6: is only because you're a big person with a big destiny. 519 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 4: When times get tough, don't do like Scooter. 520 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 6: With all that strength, all that power, all that ability 521 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 6: to don't back down and settle where you are, dig 522 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 6: your heels in, have the attitude. 523 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 4: I'm in it to win it. I may get knocked down, 524 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 4: but i can't get knocked out. I've got comeback power. 525 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 7: Now. 526 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 6: I know not only who I am, I know whose 527 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 6: I am. A child of the Most High God, and 528 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 6: if God be for me who dare be against me. Friends, 529 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,479 Speaker 6: I'm asking you to come out into the deep. Let 530 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 6: go of little dreams, little ideas. Shake off disappointment, shake 531 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 6: off failure, shake off offenses. 532 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 4: This is a new day. 533 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 6: You are an extraordinary person. And if you'll have this 534 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 6: extraordinary mentality, let me declare what's gonna happen. You're gonna 535 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 6: step into an extraordinary future. You're gonna see supernatural doors open. 536 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 6: You're gonna overcome every obstacle. You're gonna defeat every enemy 537 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 6: and every dream, every desire God's put in your heart. 538 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 4: You're gonna see it come to pass. Amen. Do you 539 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 4: receive it today? 540 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joel Loustine podcast. Help 541 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 5: us continue to share the message of hope with those 542 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 5: all over the world. 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