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Thank you so much for downloading 34 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 3: this podcast. I believe God has amazing things in your future. 35 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 3: I hope you enjoy this message. You know, I'm reminded 36 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 3: today that God always starts small. God takes the small 37 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 3: and goes big. You know, God's got a way of 38 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 3: doing things with seeds that multiply. And today I just 39 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 3: want to remind every one of us. You may feel small, 40 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 3: You may feel like you don't have enough. Are there 41 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 3: maybe some small things in your life you don't know 42 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,119 Speaker 3: if you really can handle. But I want to tell 43 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 3: you something, when you put those small things in the 44 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 3: hands of Jesus, you know, what he can go from 45 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 3: small to big. He can go from small to big. 46 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 3: You see, God told the Israelites when they were going 47 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 3: to possess the land in Deuteronomy, he says, I'm going 48 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 3: to decrease your enemies so that you can increase. He 49 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 3: said it like this, He says, little by little, I 50 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 3: AM going to decrease the enemies in the land so 51 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 3: that you can increase and take possession of the entire 52 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 3: promise in this land. You see, God started small and 53 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 3: wanted them to go big. So he wanted them to 54 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 3: have the capacity to be able to handle what he 55 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 3: was going to give them. He didn't want the land 56 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 3: to overtake them. He wanted them to overtake the land. 57 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 3: But he had to decrease the enemies small slowly so 58 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 3: that they could increase. So that means that God was 59 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 3: increasing them incrementally throughout their journey. And do you know 60 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 3: That's what God wants to do for you today. He 61 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 3: wants to increase you. What you think is small and insignificant. 62 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 3: God wants to go big with it. But you got 63 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 3: to learn to handle the small first. Many of you 64 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 3: know the story in Matthew for and the Gospels when 65 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 3: Jesus was preaching and teaching to the multitudes. They'd been 66 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 3: with him all day long. He had healed the sick 67 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 3: among them, and he was just loving on them all 68 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 3: day long. And the disciples came to Jesus and they said, Jesus, 69 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 3: the people haven't eaten all day, and it's starting to 70 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 3: become evening, and they need to leave, and they need 71 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 3: to go find food. Would you release them, Jesus so 72 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 3: that they can go to the villages and find the food. 73 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 3: We don't have enough food to feed them. And Jesus said, 74 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 3: it's not necessary for me to release the people. You 75 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 3: feed them. They said, we don't have enough to feed them. 76 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 3: We only have five loaves and two fish. It is 77 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 3: not enough to feed the multitude. It's too small. I 78 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 3: love the way Jesus said, you feed them. Now, he'd 79 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,799 Speaker 3: been doing miracles all day. Wasn't going to be difficult 80 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 3: for Jesus to just multiply the food. The disciples hadn't 81 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 3: done any miracles, But yet he looked at them and said, 82 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 3: you feed them. You see what they thought was small, 83 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 3: what they thought they couldn't have handle. See, they couldn't 84 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 3: handle feeding this many people with such a small thing. 85 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,239 Speaker 3: He said, bring it to me, and you know the story. 86 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 3: They brought it to Jesus. He broke it, he blessed it, 87 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 3: and he gave it back to them so that they 88 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 3: could feed the multitudes. You see, Jesus took that small 89 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 3: and let them go big. He let them be a 90 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 3: blessing that day. He let what they had in their 91 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 3: hands feed the multitude. I want you to know that 92 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 3: God thinks the small is very important. Oftentimes we overlook 93 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 3: the small because we want to go big. Oftentimes we 94 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 3: don't think we have to deal with the small because 95 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 3: it's not going to make that much difference anyway. But 96 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 3: I believe Jesus was telling us in this story, the 97 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 3: small things matter. Don't overlook the small things. You see, 98 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 3: too often we think that the complaining doesn't really make 99 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 3: a difference. We think because we're not treating our spouse right, 100 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 3: it doesn't really matter. It's not what we're wanting to 101 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 3: do anyway. The lack of integrity, maybe leaving the office early, 102 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 3: sneaking out, it's okay, my boss isn't looking. See, those 103 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 3: are small things that matter to God. They're small things. 104 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 3: He's saying, how you handling the small things. Observe the 105 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 3: small things. Then too often we say we don't have enough. 106 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 3: They don't match the dream, they don't match my desires. 107 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 3: I don't have the right education, I don't have the 108 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 3: proper finances. I don't have the resources. I didn't come 109 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,119 Speaker 3: from the right family. I can't do what I would 110 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 3: like to do. That's small stuff, too. See, all of 111 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 3: this stuff is small. But God likes to take the 112 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 3: small and he likes to go big. But we've got 113 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 3: to put the importance on the small. 114 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 2: You know. 115 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 3: I believe that's why God gives us babies, because they're small, 116 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 3: then they go big. Can you imagine Him giving us 117 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 3: this grown baby. We wouldn't know what to do with it. 118 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 3: God a holy starts with the seed. He wants us 119 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 3: to go big, But we gotta handle the small stuff. 120 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 3: Like the Disciples. They had it in their hand, they 121 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 3: didn't know how to handle it until Jesus gave him 122 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 3: the secret. Bring it to me. Listen, you've got some 123 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 3: problems in your life, you got some unforgiveness in your life. See, 124 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 3: those small things can go big if you don't bring 125 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 3: them to cheese. The bitterness, the root of envy, jealousy, 126 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 3: those things can all go big if you don't bring 127 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 3: them to Jesus. You want him to multiply, you want 128 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 3: him to give you promotion. You got to work the 129 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 3: small things. You got to not overlook the small things. 130 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 3: You know, we're sitting in this auditorium today, and it's amazing, 131 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 3: it's beautiful. We get to gather together, we get to sing, 132 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 3: we get to worship God in such a magnificent place. 133 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 3: But you know when what I remember about this building 134 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 3: over thirty two years ago, sitting up there by the 135 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 3: flag watching the Rockets play basketball. It was my very 136 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 3: first date with my husband, Joel. You see, it looks 137 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 3: one way to you, but Gosh, looks another way to me. 138 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 3: You see, it started with a seed. But can I 139 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 3: tell you there was a lot of small stuff along 140 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 3: the way. And can I tell you this, We'll never 141 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 3: ever get rid of the small stuff. It doesn't matter 142 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 3: how big you go. There's always the small stuff you 143 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 3: have to bring to Jesus. There's always the small stuff. 144 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 3: When we learn how to handle the small stuff, God 145 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 3: will give us more stuff to handle. He'll enlarge our capacity. 146 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 3: You see, thirty two years ago, Joel and I could 147 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:32,319 Speaker 3: never handle what's going on in our life today, it 148 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 3: would have overtaken us. Instead of us possessing it, it 149 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 3: would have possessed us. We did not have capacity. We 150 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 3: were not in that place that we could deal with it. 151 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 3: And see, that is what God is saying to you. 152 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 3: He is saying, I want you to possess, but I 153 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 3: want you to start with the small stuff. We went 154 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 3: to the funeral service of the great evangelist Billy Graham 155 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:04,959 Speaker 3: Friday and celebrated ninety nine years of a man who 156 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 3: touched millions. We celebrate this iconic legend. We see his 157 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 3: big life, but we don't see the small stuff he 158 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 3: dealt with every single day, the choices, the adjustments, the 159 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 3: things that he did when no one was looking, the 160 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 3: things that he did when he didn't know if it 161 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 3: would even make a difference. You see, we see the big, 162 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 3: we fail to see the small. I have a beautiful 163 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 3: oak tree in my front yard and it spans forever 164 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 3: with the limbs. And as I look at that tree, 165 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 3: it's very difficult for me to believe that it started 166 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 3: from an acorn. You see, it's big. All I see 167 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 3: is the big, But that tree had to start small. 168 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 3: God takes them and he goes big. Can I tell 169 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 3: you if you will learn to handle the small things? 170 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 3: The secret is bring them all to Jesus, let him 171 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 3: break them, let him bless them, and He'll go big 172 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 3: in your life. Amen. 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