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It's always a 43 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 4: joy to come in to your homes, and if you're 44 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 4: ever in our area, please stop by and be a 45 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 4: part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 46 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,119 Speaker 4: make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 47 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 4: for tuning in today, and thank you again for coming out. 48 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 49 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 4: about this burglar that broke into a house one night. 50 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 4: As he was stealing the stereo, he heard a voice saying, 51 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 4: Jesus is watching you. He froze in his tracks, shined 52 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 4: his flashlight and saw a parrot over in the corner. 53 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 4: He said, did you say that to me? The parent 54 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 4: said yes, I'm just trying to warn you. He said, 55 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 4: warn me, what are you talking about? Who are you? 56 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 4: The parrot said, my name is Moses. The burglar laughed, 57 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 4: said what kind of crazy people would name a parrot Moses? 58 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 4: The parent said the same kind of people that would 59 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:54,399 Speaker 4: name a one hundred and fifty pounds rockweller. Jesus, hold 60 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 4: up your Bible, say it like you mean it. This 61 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 4: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 62 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 63 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 64 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 65 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 66 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 67 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about counted by the Creator. 68 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 4: It's easy to go through life feeling disqualified because of 69 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 4: the mistakes we've made or negative things people have spoken 70 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 4: over us, or even our own thoughts, telling us what 71 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 4: we can't become. If we're not careful, we'll come up 72 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 4: with excuses as to why we can't accomplish our dreams, 73 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 4: why we can't rise any higher. In effect, we're counting 74 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 4: ourselves out. In the scripture, the prophet Samuel came to 75 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 4: Jesse's house to choose one of his sons as the 76 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 4: next king. Jesse had seven of his eight sons lined up. 77 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 4: He was so proud of them. They were strong, talent, 78 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 4: good looking young men. Samuel was about to choose the 79 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 4: oldest son, Eliab. He was big, muscular, looked like he 80 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 4: just stepped out of a movie. But God said to Samuel, 81 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:16,359 Speaker 4: don't judge by his appearance or height, for he is 82 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 4: not the one. The Lord doesn't see things the way 83 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 4: you see them. People judge by the outside, but God 84 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,799 Speaker 4: looks on the inside. When Samuel heard this, he changed 85 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 4: his mind. He told Jesse that it wasn't any of 86 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 4: those sons. 87 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 2: Well. 88 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 4: Jesse had another son named David. He was out in 89 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 4: the shepherd's fields taking care of the sheep. But in 90 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 4: Jesse's mind, David didn't count. He was the youngest. David 91 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 4: was small, not as strong, didn't have the experience. Jesse thought, 92 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,119 Speaker 4: no use even bringing him in. He'll never amount to much. 93 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 4: But the moment Samuel saw David, he said, that's the one. 94 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 4: He's the next king. You're Jesse and the other brothers 95 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 4: nearly passed out, thinking, are you kidding? You mean it's David. 96 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 4: They didn't count him. But the good news is David 97 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 4: was counted by the Creator. God doesn't judge the way 98 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 4: people judge. You may not have the most talent, the 99 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 4: best looks come from the most influential family. That's okay, 100 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 4: You've been counted by the one who matters most. Now 101 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 4: my challenge is don't count yourself out. I hear people 102 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 4: say I'm too small, I don't have a good personality. 103 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 4: I come from the wrong family. Know, when God created you, 104 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 4: he put in you everything you need to fulfill your destiny. 105 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 4: That means if you don't have it, you don't need it. 106 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 4: If you needed to be taller, you would be taller. 107 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 4: If you needed more talent, you would have more talent. 108 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 4: If you needed to be a different nationality, you would 109 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 4: be one. You're not lacking. You didn't get short changed. 110 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 4: You've been fearfully and wonderfully made. The creator of the 111 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 4: universe has equipped you, empowered you put seeds of greatness 112 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 4: on the inside. He's saying you're want of a kind, 113 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 4: a masterpiece. You have what it takes. He's qualified you. Now, 114 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 4: don't disqualify yourself. Don't stay focused on what somebody else 115 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 4: can do better. How your sister has more talent, your 116 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 4: friend has a better personality. That may be true, but 117 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 4: you're not running their race. You don't need what they have. 118 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 4: If you needed it, God would have given it to you. 119 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 4: When the thoughts come telling us you're too tall, too short, 120 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 4: you're too young, too old, you're not talented enough, not 121 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 4: smart enough, let that go in one ear and out 122 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 4: the other. If you go through life feeling like you're lacking, 123 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 4: you don't measure up even though God has qualified you, 124 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 4: you are disqualifying yourself. And sometimes it's not our own thoughts. 125 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 4: But like with David, other people will try to discount us, 126 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 4: make us feel less than, like we don't measure up. 127 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 4: And this is what happened with my father. He was 128 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 4: raised in a very poor family. They were cotton farmers. 129 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 4: They lost everything during the Great Depression. At seventeen years 130 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 4: of age, my father gave his life to Christ, the 131 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 4: first one in the family, and God called him into 132 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 4: the ministry put a big dream in his heart. He 133 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 4: knew one day he was going to touch the world. 134 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 4: He told his parents in his late teens that he 135 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 4: was going to leave the farm and become a minister. 136 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 4: He thought they'd be so excited, so happy for him, 137 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 4: but it was just the opposite. They said, John, you're 138 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 4: making a big mistake. We love you, but you're not 139 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 4: going to touch the world. We're just cotton farmers. This 140 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 4: is all we know how to do. We're not influential. 141 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 4: We don't have any money. You better stay here and 142 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 4: pick cotton with us. My father knew he was destined 143 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 4: to do something great, but they couldn't see it. They 144 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 4: discounted him. They were saying, John, you're not qualified. You 145 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 4: don't have the talent, the training, the influence. You come 146 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 4: from the wrong family. If you allow it, people will 147 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 4: put their limitations on you. They will try to talk 148 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 4: you out of your dreams. One of the best things 149 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 4: I have ever learned is people don't determine our destiny. 150 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 4: God does. People don't set the limits for our life. 151 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 4: They may try to talk you out of it and 152 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 4: tell you what you can't do. And I don't think 153 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 4: you're that talented. It's because God didn't put the dream 154 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 4: in them. He put the dream in you. You can't 155 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,839 Speaker 4: expect everyone to be for you. They can't feel what 156 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 4: you feel. They don't see what you see. They don't 157 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 4: have the faith that you have. They will try to 158 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 4: discount you, tell you don't have what it takes. Don't 159 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 4: believe those lies. You don't need they're a You have 160 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 4: God's approval. They'll discount you. But the one who matters, 161 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 4: the one who spoke worlds into existence, the one who 162 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 4: flung stars into space. When they count you out, he 163 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 4: counts you in. He says you have what it takes. 164 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 4: You're well able, you will fulfill your destiny. You will 165 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 4: leave your mark on this generation. God has already counted you. Now, 166 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 4: don't let other people discount you, Luke. Chapter nine, Jesus 167 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 4: had been teaching the people for most of the day 168 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 4: was getting late. The sun was about to go down, 169 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 4: and everyone was very hungry. The disciples came and said, Jesus, 170 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 4: you need to dismiss the people. Let them go find 171 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 4: some food. They were out in the middle of the country, 172 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 4: nothing to eat out there. Jesus said to the disciples, 173 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 4: you feed them. They said, what do you mean, we 174 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 4: don't have anything to eat. Jesus asked what they had, 175 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 4: and all they could find was a little boy's lunch, 176 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 4: five loaves of bread, and two fish. The scripture says 177 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 4: there were five thousand men in attendance that day. That 178 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,679 Speaker 4: means there were probably fifteen thousand people in total if 179 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 4: you counted the women and the children. And Jesus took 180 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 4: the little boy's lunch. You know the story. He prayed 181 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 4: over it. It multiplied and fed the thousands. The point 182 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 4: I want us to see is the one that wasn't 183 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 4: counted had the miracle. They counted the men, the five thousand, 184 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 4: but they didn't count the children. They thought they're too young, 185 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 4: no need to count them. Back in those days, women 186 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 4: were seen as second class, as less then they didn't 187 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 4: count the women. But God uses people that other people 188 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 4: don't count. One of the five thousand men could have 189 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 4: had a lunch. One of the disciples could have brought 190 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 4: something to eat that day, But God chose this child 191 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 4: specifically to let us know that when people leave you 192 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 4: out and say you don't have anything to offer, you're 193 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 4: too young, you're not important, you don't count. God says 194 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 4: you're a prime candidate for me to do something great. 195 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 4: I count people that other people don't count. Sometimes life 196 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 4: will say I'm not going to count you. You made 197 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 4: too many mistakes, you went through that divorce, you've got 198 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 4: that addiction. Life will try to push you down, discredit you, 199 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 4: make you feel like there's nothing good in your future. 200 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 4: Always remember when life counts you out, God counts you in. 201 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 4: He uses people that other people don't count. When my 202 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 4: father went to be with the Lord back in nineteen 203 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 4: ninety nine, I knew I was supposed to step up 204 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 4: and pasture the church. But I could hear these voices 205 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 4: trying to discount me, saying he doesn't have what it takes, 206 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 4: he hasn't been a seminary, he's not qualified, he's too young, 207 00:11:55,120 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 4: he doesn't count. But deep down I could hear God saying, Joel, worry, 208 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 4: I've got you covered. Other people may not count you, 209 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 4: but I count you. I know what you're capable of. 210 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 4: I can see your potential. When people try to discount you, 211 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 4: write you off. The one who matters most, the great 212 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 4: I am, write you in. He didn't create you to 213 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 4: be average, to be ordinary, to just make it through life. 214 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 4: He created you to excel, to leave your fingerprint, to 215 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 4: make this world a better place. You have a destiny 216 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 4: to fulfill. God has an assignment for you to accomplish. 217 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 4: You think about my father. He was the least likely 218 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 4: one to do something great. If God were looking for 219 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 4: a prominent pastor, surely he would find someone with the 220 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 4: appropriate background, the training, the influence, the well to do family. 221 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 4: That would make sense. But Paul said in Corinthians, God 222 00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 4: deliberately chooses the least likely to confound the wise. He 223 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 4: chooses the weak to outshine the strong. Out of the 224 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 4: five thousand men listening to Jesus that day, no doubt 225 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 4: some of them were community leaders, highly educated, respected, influential. 226 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 4: You would have thought at least one of them would 227 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 4: have brought an ice chest filled with sandwiches, snacks, water. 228 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 4: They knew they were going to be out in the 229 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 4: country all day long. But the one that had the 230 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 4: miracle was the least likely the little boy. God used 231 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 4: the weak to outshine the strong. Could it be that 232 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 4: you're not reaching your highest potential because you feel like 233 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 4: you're lacking in some area. You don't count now, you're 234 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 4: not pursuing your dreams. You're not excited about life. You 235 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,599 Speaker 4: need to have a new perspective. You're a prime candidate 236 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 4: for God to show out in your life. You may 237 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 4: feel weak, but God wants to show himself strong. It 238 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 4: may seem like you're the least likely. God wants to 239 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 4: do something so amazing in your life. People around you 240 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 4: can't even believe it. You got to do your part 241 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 4: and get your passion back. You have everything you need 242 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 4: to fulfill your destiny. You may have made mistakes, but 243 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 4: you didn't get disqualified. You may have some flaws and 244 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 4: weaknesses we all do, but that didn't cancel your destiny. 245 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 4: You may feel like life has left you out. The 246 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 4: odds are against you. The good news is God is 247 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 4: for you. He has the final say, and he says, 248 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 4: I count you in when other people count you out. 249 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 4: And you need to get ready. This is a new day. 250 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 4: You're about to see new doors begin to open. God 251 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 4: is about to multiply what you have. He's going to 252 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 4: take you from the back to the front, from lack 253 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 4: to abundance, from insignificance to great influence. You've been counted, 254 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 4: you've been qualified. What God spoke over your life will 255 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 4: come to past. Those are not just nice, kind encouraging words. 256 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 4: That's a prophecy. If you'll receive it and say, yes, 257 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 4: this is for me, then you'll begin to see it happen. 258 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 4: God will amaze you with his goodness. Years ago, there 259 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 4: was a young lady that had a dream of becoming 260 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 4: an actress. But the problem was she was very small, 261 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 4: under five feet tall. All the experts told her she 262 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 4: would never be successful in her field because of her height, 263 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 4: and that could have been the end of the story. 264 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 4: She moved on and tried something else. But this young 265 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 4: lady understood this principle. She knew God uses people that 266 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 4: other people don't count. She had been disqualified by the experts, 267 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 4: but she knew she was qualified by the one who 268 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 4: mattered most, and against all odds, she started getting chosen 269 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 4: for this role, and another role, and another role. Helen 270 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 4: Hayes went on to become one of the greatest actresses 271 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 4: of her time. At one point she played the very 272 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 4: acclaimed role of Mary, Queen of Scotland, who was one 273 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 4: of the tallest queens that ever lived. Friends, when people 274 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 4: count you out, God counts you in. In the scripture, 275 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 4: God told Jeremiah that he was going to become a 276 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 4: great prophet and speak to the nations. Jeremiah was young, insecure. 277 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 4: He said, God, I can't do that. I'm too young. 278 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 4: I'm afraid to get up in front of people. I 279 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 4: wouldn't know what to say. God said, Jeremiah, Say not 280 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 4: that you're too young, Say not that you're afraid. He 281 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 4: was saying, Jeremiah, I wouldn't have asked you to do 282 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 4: it if I didn't already know you had the ability. 283 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 4: Don't let negative voices talk you out of your dreams. 284 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 4: If I'd have gone around saying I can't pastor that 285 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 4: church man, I've never ministered before, I don't have the training, 286 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 4: I don't have the right personality, it would have kept 287 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 4: me from my destiny. And when you say I'm not 288 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:04,159 Speaker 4: that talented, I've made too many mistakes. I don't have 289 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 4: the right personality. God says to you what he said 290 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 4: to Jeremiah, Zip it up, Say not I'm too short. 291 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 4: Say not, I don't have the talent. Say not, I 292 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 4: can't accomplish my dreams. Quit discounting yourself. You have the miracle, 293 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 4: You have the five loaves and the two fish. It 294 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 4: may not seem like much, you may not feel qualified. 295 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 4: The odds are against you. But this is where our 296 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 4: God comes in. He can take the little and multiply it. 297 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 4: You don't have to have a great gift for God 298 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 4: to use you in a great way. You can have 299 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:44,199 Speaker 4: a little talent, a little training, a little influence, and 300 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 4: like the little boy's lunch, God can take it and 301 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 4: multiply it. He can open doors that you could have 302 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 4: never opened. He can bring talent out of you that 303 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 4: you didn't know you had. He can cause you to 304 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 4: be at the right place at the right time. Give 305 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 4: you favor, honor, influence. Don't go around feeling like you're 306 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 4: at a disadvantage. Put your shoulders back, hold your head 307 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 4: up high. The most High God has breathed life into you. 308 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 4: He's crowned you with his favor. You have royal blood 309 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 4: flowing through your veins. You're not at a disadvantage. Other 310 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 4: people may have not counted you, but the one who matters. 311 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 4: He counts you, He writes you in when other people 312 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 4: write you off. I've learned God will never ask you 313 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 4: to do something and then not give you the ability 314 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 4: to do it. You may not feel like you have 315 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,159 Speaker 4: the confidence, the training, the talent. I didn't when I 316 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 4: stepped up. But this is what faith is all about. 317 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 4: You have to believe it before you see it. I 318 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 4: heard about this pastor before the service. He gave a 319 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,479 Speaker 4: man that he knew a one hundred dollars bill and 320 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 4: ask him to secretly put it in his wife's bible 321 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 4: make sure she didn't see it. During his message. He 322 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 4: asked this lady stand up, He said, do you trust me? 323 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 4: She said, yes, I do. He said, will you do 324 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:09,239 Speaker 4: what I asked? She said, yes, I will. He said, then, 325 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 4: please open your bible and hand me a one hundred 326 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 4: dollar bill. She said, oh, I'm so sorry. I don't 327 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 4: have one hundred dollars in there. He said it again. 328 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 4: Do you trust me? Yes I do? Will you do 329 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 4: what I asked? Yes, I will. Then please open your 330 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 4: bible and hand me a one hundred dollar bill. Frustrated, 331 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 4: she opened her bible and much to her surprise, there 332 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 4: was one hundred dollars. She shook her head and said, 333 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 4: how did it get in there? He smiled and said, 334 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 4: I put it in there. That's the way God is. 335 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 4: He'll never ask you for something without first putting it 336 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 4: in you. When you know, deep down you know you're 337 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 4: supposed to take a step of faith, you may not 338 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 4: feel like you can do it. Voices will try to 339 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 4: discount you, tell you you're not qualified. But and if 340 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 4: you'll dare take that step, you'll discover things in you 341 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 4: that you never knew you had. Say not, I can't 342 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 4: do it. The right attitude. I can do all things 343 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 4: through Christ. Say not, I'm at a disadvantage. The right attitude. 344 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 4: I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I'm a child of 345 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 4: the most High God. Say not, I've reached my limits. 346 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 4: This is as good as it gets, Joe, you know, 347 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 4: the right attitude. My best days are still out in 348 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 4: front of me. The path of the righteous gets brighter 349 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 4: and brighter. I'm excited about my future. This is what 350 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 4: a friend of mine did. He had a dream of 351 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 4: becoming a pastor, but he had a serious problem with stuttering. 352 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 4: It affected his self image to where he'd hardly look 353 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 4: it in the eyes at sixteen years of age, his 354 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 4: parents sent him to a very prestigious speech school. The 355 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 4: teachers carried around stopwatches. When a student got stuck, they 356 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 4: would time how long it would take them to get 357 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 4: the word out. That's how they tracked progress. The first 358 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 4: day my friend was at the school, he got stuck 359 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 4: on the word thee. It took him one minute and 360 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 4: sixteen seconds to get it out. He had a major 361 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 4: stuttering problem. In the natural, you would think you're not 362 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,199 Speaker 4: cut out to become a public speaker. You can do 363 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 4: something else, but you're not going to be a pastor. 364 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,640 Speaker 4: He would have been one of the ones not counted. 365 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 4: He stutters, cross him off. But God uses people that 366 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 4: other people don't count. And when God put the dream 367 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 4: in your heart, he gave you the ability to do it. 368 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 4: But there will always be forces that try to keep 369 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 4: your potential from being released. The enemy would love for 370 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 4: your gift to stay hidden. He would love for the 371 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 4: best of you to never come out. And just because 372 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,199 Speaker 4: you have a dream, just because God has qualified you, 373 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 4: doesn't mean that you're not going to have to fight. 374 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 4: You have to stand strong and be determined to become 375 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 4: all you were created to be. You can't be weak 376 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 4: get discouraged because you had to set back fall into 377 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 4: self pity. Now you have to dig your heels in 378 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 4: and say I am in it to win it. This 379 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 4: challenge is no match for me. I am more than 380 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 4: a conqueror. If God before me, who dare be against me? 381 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 4: I will fulfill my destiny. If you don't talk to 382 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 4: yourself the right way, negative thoughts will talk to you. 383 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 4: Just like you can talk to yourself out of a dream, 384 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 4: you can talk yourself into a dream. My friend, as 385 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 4: a young man, he would get alone in his house 386 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 4: where nobody could hear him. He would quote scriptures. Sometimes 387 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 4: it would take five minutes to just get one scripture out. 388 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,479 Speaker 4: He didn't get discouraged. He would say things like no 389 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 4: weapon formed against me will prosper. Thanks be to God 390 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 4: who always causes me to triumph. And it didn't happen overnight, 391 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 4: but little by little he got better and better. It 392 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 4: amazed his teachers. Today he can speak as clearly and 393 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 4: fluently as can be, no stuttering. Plus he's the pastor 394 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:11,439 Speaker 4: of a successful church. What am I saying? When life 395 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 4: counts you out, God counts you in. Don't let negative 396 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 4: thoughts negative people keep you from stepping into the fullness 397 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 4: of your destiny. There will always be voices telling you 398 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 4: you're not qualified, you stutter, you've made too many mistakes, 399 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 4: you're too short, you're not that talented. Those are all lies, 400 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 4: trying to make you feel like you don't count, so 401 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 4: that the best of you never comes out. Don't believe that. 402 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 4: Don't fall into that trap. Even way back with Moses, 403 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 4: when God told him to go, tell Pharaoh, let my 404 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 4: people go. The first thing Moses said was God, I 405 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 4: can't do that. I stutter, I don't speak well. It's 406 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 4: easy to come up with excuses, but I love the way. 407 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 4: God answered him back. He said, Moses, who may your tongue? 408 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 4: Who makes the death to hear? Who makes the blind 409 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 4: to see? He was saying, Moses, who just qualified you, 410 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 4: who left you out? Who told you you don't count? 411 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 4: Don't you realize, Moses, I control the whole universe when 412 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 4: you believe I can make it happen. Years before David 413 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 4: was chosen to be king, the prophet Samuel went to 414 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 4: another young man named Saul and told him he was 415 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 4: going to be the next king. But Saul said, Samuel, 416 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 4: how can this be? I come from the smallest tribe, 417 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 4: and my family is the least important. He was saying 418 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 4: the same thing. I can't be a king. I don't count. 419 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 4: I don't come from an influential family. We're not royalty. 420 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 4: We're just ordinary people. What's interesting is Samuel didn't answer Saul. 421 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 4: He didn't respond back to him. When we come up 422 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,880 Speaker 4: with excuses and tell God why we can't rise higher. God, 423 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 4: I'm not that talented God. I have this addiction. God, 424 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,160 Speaker 4: I come from the wrong family. God doesn't say, yes, 425 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 4: I understand you have a disadvantage. No, our excuses don't 426 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 4: phase God. He knows what he's put in you. God 427 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,719 Speaker 4: can see your greatness. He sees the royalty in your blood. 428 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 4: He sees the potential you've not yet tapped into. Our doubts, 429 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 4: our fears, our insecurity. That doesn't change God's mind. He's 430 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 4: already laid out the plan for your life. He's saying 431 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,400 Speaker 4: to you today, I've called you to be a king, 432 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 4: to be a queen, to reign in life, to make 433 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 4: a new standard for your family. Why don't you lose 434 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 4: the excuses and get an agreement with God. Sometimes we 435 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 4: think we're disqualified because of the mistakes we've made. We 436 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 4: don't count because we haven't lived the right kind of life, 437 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 4: and that's why we're kind of sitting on the sidelines. 438 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 4: But when God needed someone to save the Israeli spies 439 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 4: back in the Old Testament, they were in the city 440 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 4: of Jericho. Word got out that they were there. Their 441 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 4: cover was blown. Now they were about to be captured. 442 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 4: God could have chosen anyone to help them, He's God. 443 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 4: He could have had a soldier help get them out, 444 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 4: or a community leader to secretly escort them out of 445 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 4: the city. But he didn't do that. God chose a 446 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 4: woman by the name of Rahab. She was a prostitute, 447 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:28,640 Speaker 4: not respected. Everyone looked down on her, thought she'll never 448 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 4: do anything significant. She doesn't count. But God doesn't judge 449 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 4: the way people judge. People saw her shortcomings, her failures, 450 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 4: but God saw a diamond in the rough. God saw 451 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 4: her potential. He knew what she could become. God looked 452 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 4: down from heaven and said, I want to use her. 453 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 4: I can hear an angel say, excuse me, God, I 454 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 4: don't mean the second. Yes you, but I think you've 455 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 4: chosen the wrong person. That lady is a notorious sinner. 456 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 4: She's made a mess of her life. She's disqualified. God said, no, 457 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 4: I didn't make a mistake. I choose people that other 458 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 4: people don't choose. Rayhab not only saved the spies, but 459 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 4: that ended up saving her own life, her own family. 460 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,879 Speaker 4: Here's how amazing God is. Rayhab married a Jewish man. 461 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 4: They had a son named Boas. Boas had a son 462 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 4: named Jesse. Jesse had a son named David. That means 463 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 4: that Rahab, the former prostitute, is in the family line 464 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 4: of Jesus Christ. God doesn't choose the way people choose. 465 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 4: You may have made mistakes, you feel like you don't 466 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 4: count you blew it? Can I tell you You've been 467 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 4: counted by the Creator. He's looking down from heaven right now, 468 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 4: calling your name, saying, I choose you. I want you 469 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 4: to do something great. I have a destiny for you 470 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 4: to fulfill. I want to make your life say magnificant. 471 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,919 Speaker 4: People may have written you off, but God has written 472 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 4: you in. He's already qualified you. Now, don't disqualify yourself. 473 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 4: Get up every morning knowing that you've been counted by 474 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 4: the one who matters most. God has the final say. 475 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 4: He says, you're redeemed, You're forgiven you're blessed. Your best 476 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 4: days are set out in front of you now. I 477 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 4: believe and declare, dreams are coming back to life. Vision 478 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 4: is being restored, Hope is rising. You will become everything 479 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 4: God created you to be and have everything He intended 480 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,679 Speaker 4: for you to have. In Jesus's name. If you receive it, 481 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 4: can you say him then today we never like to 482 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 4: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 483 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 4: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 484 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 485 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 486 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 4: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 487 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, keep 488 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 4: God first place. He's going to take you where you've 489 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 4: never dreamed. 490 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joel Loustine podcast. Help 491 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 5: us continue to share the message of hope with those 492 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 5: all over the world. Visit Joeloustein dot com slash give 493 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 5: Hope to give a gift today. 494 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 495 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 4: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 496 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 4: keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying for you. 497 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 4: I know God's best is still ahead. We'll see you 498 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 4: next time.