1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Great to have you on the podcast today, Victory, and 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: I as praying for you and just believing for God's 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: very best. I believe that this month is going to 4 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: be an amazing month for you and your family. Keep 5 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: that expectation in your heart and see what God will do. 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's always a joy to come into 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 9 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 10 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 11 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: again for coming out today. And I like to start 12 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: with something funny. I heard about this airplane that was 13 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: about to crash. There were four passengers, but only three parachutes. 14 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: The first passenger said, I'm a leading heart surgeon. My 15 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: patients need me. Took the first parachute and jumped. The 16 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: second passenger said, I'm a rocket scientist, one of the 17 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: smartest men alive. My country needs me. He took the 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: second parachute and jumped. The third passenger, Pope John Paul 19 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: said to the fourth passenger, a ten year old boy 20 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: scout son, I'm old and frail. I don't have much 21 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: time left. You take the last parachute. The boy scout said, 22 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,199 Speaker 1: don't worry about it, sir, there are still two parachutes left. 23 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 1: You see the smartest man alive. He just jumped out 24 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: with my backpack. Hold up your Bible, say it like 25 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 26 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 27 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today 28 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 29 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 30 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 31 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about being a 32 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: magnet for blessings. When you honor God with your life, 33 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: when you keep him first place, God puts something on 34 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: you called a commanded blessing. The commanded blessing is like 35 00:01:55,400 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: a magnet. It attracts good breaks, the right people, contracts, ideas, resources, influence. 36 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: You don't have to go after these things trying to 37 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: make it happen in your own strength, just your own talent, 38 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,839 Speaker 1: hoping that life works out. All you've got to do 39 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: is keep honoring God and the right people will find you. 40 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: The right opportunities will come across your path, the favor, 41 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: the wisdom, the vindication will track you down. Why you 42 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: become a magnet for God's goodness. You may have seen 43 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: on the news these heat seeking missiles. The military programs 44 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 1: a target into the computer and fires the missile off. 45 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 1: It can travel thousands of miles. The intended target can 46 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 1: be flying in the air zigzaging here, and they're trying 47 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: to lose it. Doesn't have a chance. That heat seeking 48 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: missile follows it everywhere it goes, and eventually overtakes it 49 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: and accomplishes its purpose. In the same way, when you 50 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: keep God first place, like that heat seeking missile finding 51 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: a target, God will send blessings that chase you down, 52 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: favor that overtakes you out of nowhere, a good break. 53 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: Suddenly your health improves, Suddenly you're able to pay your 54 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: house off. Unexpectedly, a dream comes to pass. That's not 55 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: a lucky break, that's not a coincidence. That's the commanded 56 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: blessing on your life. Like a magnet. You're attracting the 57 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 1: goodness of God. That's what it says in Deuteronomy chapter 58 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: twenty eight. When you walk in God's ways, you make 59 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: pleasing him your highest priority. All these blessings will chase 60 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: you down and overtake you. One translation says you will 61 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: become a magnet for blessings. That means because you're honoring 62 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: God right now, something is attracted to you. Not fear, sickness, depression, 63 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: bad breaks, nor like a heat seeking missile. Favor is 64 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: tracking you down. Promotion is headed your way. Divine connections 65 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: are searching you out. You're attracting the goodness of God. 66 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: Now you may be facing an illness and instead of thinking, well, 67 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: I'm never gonna get well, you should see the medical report. No, 68 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: your attitude should be Healing is looking for me. Restoration 69 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: is tracking me down. You're struggling in your finances. Not 70 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: I'll never get out of debt, I'll never accomplish my dreams. No, 71 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: abundance is looking for me. Favor is in my future. 72 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: Good breaks are tracking me down. You're single. Not I'll 73 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: never get married. I'm too old, it's been too long. No, 74 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: the right person is looking for me. Divine connections are 75 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: tracking me down. They're already in my future like a magnet. 76 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: I'm drawing them in. When I look back over my life, 77 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: most of the favor, most of the good breaks, I 78 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: didn't go after them. They came to me. I was 79 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: simply honoring God, being my best, and God did more 80 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: than I could ask or think. I never thought I 81 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: could get up in front of people in minister. I 82 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: spent seventeen years behind the scenes here at Lakewood doing 83 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: the television production. Now I'm not bragging, but during those 84 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: seventeen years, I was faithful. I gave it my all. 85 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: I made my father look the best I possibly could, 86 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: go the extra mile to make sure the lighting was perfect, 87 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: camera anglers were just right. I would even go over 88 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: to my parents' house every Saturday night and pick out 89 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: a suit and a tie for my father to wear 90 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: the next day on television. My mother would say, Joel 91 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: dadd is a grown man. You don't need to come 92 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: over every week. He can pick out his own clothes. 93 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: Problem is, I had seen what my father picked out 94 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: before him. Let's just say he liked a lot of color, 95 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: and I wanted that broadcast to be perfect. I wasn't 96 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: looking for this position. I was content where I was 97 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: behind the scenes. But when my father went to be 98 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: with the Lord, this opportunity came looking for me. Never 99 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 1: planned on doing it, but it chased me. Down. God's 100 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: dream for your life is so much bigger than your own. 101 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: If you will keep being your best right where you are, 102 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: you will come into favor, promotion, opportunity bigger than you 103 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: ever imagined. You won't have to go after it. It 104 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: will come to you because you're honoring God. Like a magnet, 105 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: you'll draw it in. When I was in my early twenties, 106 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: I walked into a jewelry store and met Victoria for 107 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: the first time. Like a magnet, she couldn't keep her 108 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: hands off of me. This is my side of the 109 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: story anyway. But we went out on our first date 110 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: and had so much fun. Actually here at the Compact Center. 111 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: The next week, she invited me to come to our 112 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: house and have dinner, and we laughed and had a 113 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: great time. I called her the next day at work 114 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,119 Speaker 1: to thank her, but she was busy and not able 115 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: to talk. Called her that evening at home and she 116 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: wasn't there. Called her the next day, and the next, 117 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: and the next and the next, but she was always 118 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: either busy not available, but for some reason she couldn't talk. 119 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: Finally I got the message, she's avoiding me. She doesn't 120 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: want to see me. I thought, that's fine, I won't 121 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: call her anymore. About two weeks later, I was sitting 122 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: in a little diner eating breakfast early one morning, all 123 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: by myself, and Victoria comes walking in. She saw my 124 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: car out in the parking lot and came and sat 125 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: at the table and said, Joe, I'm so sorry I 126 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: keep missing all of your calls. She came back to 127 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: her senses and came looking for me. She ate breakfast 128 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: and then made me pay for it. But friends, God 129 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: has the right people in your future. When you honor 130 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: God like a magnet, the person God's designed for you 131 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: will come across your path. You don't have to worry. 132 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: You don't have to play games and try to convince 133 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: somebody to like you. If they don't like you, let 134 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: them go if they don't celebrate you, and see you 135 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: as a gift, a treasure, as one of a kind. 136 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: Move forward. Don't hang on to things that are not 137 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: attracted to you. The right one will not be able 138 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: to live without you. The one God designed will think 139 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: you're the greatest thing in the world. You keep being 140 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: your best right where you are honoring God, and God 141 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: will do for you what he did for me. He'll 142 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: cause you to be at the right place at the 143 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: right time. Those divine connections will come across your path. 144 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: But what God has planned for you is much bigger 145 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: than anything you've ever dreamed of. If God were to 146 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: show you right now where He's taken you, the favor, 147 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: the promotion, the influence, it would boggle your mind. You 148 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: may think, like I did, that you're not the most qualified. 149 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: You don't have the personality, the talent. That's okay, It's 150 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: not going to happen just because of your talent, your personality, 151 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: your hard work. It's going to happen because of the 152 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: commanded blessing on your life. God's anointing on you is 153 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: more important than your talent, your education, than what family 154 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: you come from. You can have less talent, but with 155 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: the favor of God, you will go further than people 156 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: that have much more talent. You may not see how 157 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: this can happen. Does it seem possible? You don't have 158 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: to figure it out. If you'll just keep being your 159 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: best right where you are, getting to work on time, 160 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: doing more than you have to, being a person of 161 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: excellence and integrity, the right people will find you. The 162 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 1: right opportunities will track you down. Now, don't be frustrated 163 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: if it doesn't happen on your timetable. You got to 164 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: pass some tests. You got to prove to God that 165 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: you'll be faithful right where you are. If you're not 166 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: faithful in the wilderness, how can God trust you to 167 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: be faithful in the promised land. You've got to keep 168 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: a good attitude when you're not getting your way. You've 169 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: got to be your best when you're not getting any credit. 170 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: Do the right thing when it's difficult. That's when your 171 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: character is being developed. If you will pass these tests, 172 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: you can be certain God will get you to where 173 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: you're supposed to be. The right people are in your future, 174 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 1: the right opportunities, the good breaks, the wisdom, the contracts, 175 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: the houses. God said, no good thing will he withhold 176 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: because you walk up rightly. I've learned one touch of 177 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: God's favor can take you in a split second further 178 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: than you could go in your whole lifetime on your own. 179 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,319 Speaker 1: Quit thinking, oh, I'm getting behind, I'll never accomplish my dreams. No, 180 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: God has explosive blessings in your future. He has blessing 181 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: that will thrust you years and years ahead. Now you say, Joe, 182 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:06,839 Speaker 1: this all sounds good. But I don't really have the talent, 183 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: I don't know the right people, I don't have the money. 184 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: That's okay, God does. He's already lined up everything you need. 185 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 1: There are good breaks right now that have your name 186 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 1: on it. There are contracts, buildings, businesses that have your 187 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: name on it. There are ideas, inventions, books, movies, songs 188 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 1: that have your name on it. As you keep honoring 189 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,599 Speaker 1: God being your best. Like that magnet, you're going to 190 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: draw in what already has your name on it. When 191 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: is this going to happen at the exact right time. 192 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: If it hasn't happened yet, don't get discouraged. God knows 193 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: what he's doing. If it would have happened earlier, it 194 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: wouldn't have been the best time. Just keep being faithful 195 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: right where you are, and keep living with this attitude 196 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: that something good is coming your way. When you do that, 197 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: like a magnet, you're going to draw in what already 198 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: has your name on it. There's healing with your name 199 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: on it. You single people, there's a husband a wife 200 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: with your name on it. Some of you couples are 201 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: believing to have a child. There's a baby with your 202 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: name on it. God has already chosen them to be yours. You, pastors, leaders, 203 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: you need a larger auditorium. There's a new sanctuary with 204 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: your name on it. There's a business with your name 205 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: on it. There's a number one movie with your name 206 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 1: on it. There's an invention that will touch the world 207 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: with your name on it. Now, here's the whole key. 208 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: You don't have to seek the blessing. Seek God, and 209 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: the blessings will seek after you. This is where we 210 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: miss it. Very often we think I got to get 211 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: this promotion, I got to meet this person. I gotta 212 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: get my career going faster. Joel And yes, we have 213 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: to use our talent, be determined, take steps of faith. 214 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 1: But you can stay in peace. You can live at 215 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: rest knowing that because you're on God, the right people 216 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: will find you, the right opportunities will track you down. 217 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: Proverbs thirteen says the wealth of the ungodly will eventually 218 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: find its way into the hands of the righteous, for 219 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: whom it has been laid up for. Notice, because you're 220 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: the righteous, there's something God has laid up for you. 221 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 1: The good news is at the right time. Eventually it's 222 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 1: going to find you. That means right now, something's looking 223 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: for you, not defeat, struggle, lack. You are the righteous. 224 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: Favor is looking for you. Good breaks are looking for you, 225 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,079 Speaker 1: healing is looking for you. Influence is looking for you. 226 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: Now you may not have seen it yet, but don't 227 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: get discouraged. Keep honoring God, and he promises some of 228 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 1: these eventuallyes are going to track you down. This beautiful facility, 229 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: the former Compact Center. You know what this is. And 230 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: eventually it was laid for us. It had our name 231 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: on it and at the right time, it found us. 232 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,479 Speaker 1: This building was built back in the early nineteen seventies. 233 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: It was first called the Summit. Then they changed the 234 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: name to the Compact Center. But I believe if you 235 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: would appeal back the names. When it was built way 236 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: back then, you looked underneath, you would have seen the 237 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: name Lakewood Church. God had us in mind when they 238 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: built it. Eventually, God said, all right, it's time to 239 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: hand it over. Friends. There are some eventuallyes in your future. 240 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: The great thing is you don't have to go after them. 241 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: Just go after God. Keep him first place, live a 242 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: life of excellence and integrity, and God promises the eventuallyes 243 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: will find their way into your hands. This is what 244 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: Jesus said, seek first the kingdom, and all these things 245 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: will be added under you. Everything you need to fulfill 246 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: your destiny has already been laid up for you. Now 247 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: you just have to make pleasing God your highest priority. 248 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: In other words, before you give into temptation. No, I'm 249 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: going to please God and walk away. I want to 250 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: fulfill my destiny. I want to come into my eventualies. 251 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: Before you tell that person off, No, I'm gonna please 252 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: God and keep my mouth closed. At the office, they're 253 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: not treating you right. You feel like slacking off. No, 254 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna please God and keep being my best. I 255 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: know I'm not working under people. I'm working under God. 256 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: You live like that, and all the forces of darkness 257 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: cannot keep you from your destiny. The amazing thing about 258 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: this building is I didn't go after it. It came 259 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: to me. I tried to buy land twice and build 260 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: a new sanctuary, but both times the property was sold 261 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: out from under us. I thought, we're stuck. There's no 262 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: more room, there's no way to grow. But one day 263 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: an old friend out of the blue unexpectedly called and 264 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: said he wanted to talk to me of something we 265 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: had lunch. He said Joel. The Houston Rockets basketball team 266 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: is about to move out of the Compact Center. That 267 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: would be a great facility for Lakewood. When he said that, 268 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: something came alive on the inside. Now, I never dreamed 269 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: we could have something this beautiful, the premier facility in 270 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: the fourth largest city in America, the second busiest freeway 271 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: in the nation. Just like with us. The eventually is 272 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: God has lined up for you are going to boggle 273 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: your mind. It's going to be more than you can 274 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: ask or think. God has not only already arranged them, 275 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: He's taken it one step further. He's already put your 276 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: name on them. They've already been marked as a part 277 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: of your divine destiny. What's your part? Worry? Struggle, Try 278 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: to make it happen. Manipulate this person. Maybe they'll do 279 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: me a favor. No, you don't have to play up 280 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: to people. I have to beg people, hope that they'll 281 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: throw you a crum here or there. You are not 282 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: a beggar. You are a child of the most hied God. 283 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: You have royal blood flowing through your veins. You are 284 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: wearing a crown of favor. God has called you, equipped 285 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: you empowered you chosen you, the creator of the universe. 286 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: All you've got to do is keep honoring God and 287 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: the blessings will find you. The right people will show up, 288 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: the ones that want to help you. The good breaks, 289 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: the businesses, the contracts will track you down. One phone call, 290 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 1: one person God has ordained to help you can change 291 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: the course of your life. How is this going to happen? 292 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: Just your talent, your ability, your hard work. That's part 293 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 1: of it. But the main key is by honoring God. 294 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: That's what puts you in a position for his blessings 295 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: to overtake you. That's what makes you a magnet for 296 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: his favor. And I know today I'm looking at a 297 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:01,679 Speaker 1: lot of strong, powerful magnets. Some of you are very 298 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: close to attracting what you've been praying and believing for. 299 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: You've honored God, you've been faithful. Now God is about 300 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: to release and eventually in your life it's going to 301 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 1: be bigger than you imagine. When you meet that person, 302 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:19,360 Speaker 1: they're going to be better for you than you ever 303 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: dreamed of. You waited a long time, but when they 304 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 1: show up, you're going to say you were well worth 305 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: the way. Well, Joel, you're just getting everybody's hopes up today. 306 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: You're right. You can't have faith if you don't first 307 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: have hope. And some of you, some of you, have 308 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: gotten stuck in a rut. God's been good to you. 309 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: You've got a good family, a good job. You've seen 310 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 1: God's blessings. But let me tell you, you haven't seen 311 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: anything yet. You haven't touched the surface of what God 312 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 1: has in store. Don't become complacent thinking that you've seen 313 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: your best days. God never performs his greatest feats in 314 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: our yesterdays. You may have seen God's goodness in the past, 315 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:05,919 Speaker 1: but it's nothing compared to what God is about to 316 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: show you. Some of you are going to write a book, 317 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,199 Speaker 1: a movie, a song that will touch the world. The 318 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: idea will come to you, you don't have to go 319 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: after it. Some of you are going to start a 320 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 1: business that will become a global force. Some of you 321 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,120 Speaker 1: are going to have a ministry that will shape nations. 322 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: Some of you will raise a child that will become 323 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: a president, a world leader, a history maker. The eventuallyes 324 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: God has in your future are going to boggle your mind. 325 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: It's like nothing you've seen before. God has raised you 326 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: up to take new ground. For the Kingdom to go 327 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: where others have not gone. Dream big, believe big, pray big. 328 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: Make room for God to do something new in your life. 329 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: If you would have told me years ago that one 330 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: day I would be ministering around the world and have 331 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: books translated into different languages, I would have thought, not me. 332 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: I don't have anything to say. But God knows what 333 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: He's put in you, the gifts, the potential. You have 334 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: seeds of greatness on the inside because you're honoring God. 335 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: He's going to open doors that no man can shut. 336 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: He's going to bring talent out of you that you 337 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: didn't know you had. He's going to connect you with 338 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:23,880 Speaker 1: the right people, present you with opportunities that will thrust 339 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: you into a new level of your destiny. In two 340 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: thousand and four, we were holding one of our first 341 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: Night of Hope events in Madison Square Garden in New 342 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: York City. Earlier that year, I had written my first 343 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,640 Speaker 1: book and it was doing really well. That night, there 344 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 1: was a publisher from one of the largest publishing companies 345 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: in the world walking by the garden on his way 346 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,199 Speaker 1: to the train station to go home. He saw all 347 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: the people lined up to go into the arena, he'd 348 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 1: seen people going to basketball games and concerts before, but 349 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: he said he had never seen people that excited about 350 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: going to a meeting. He asks people what was going on. 351 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,919 Speaker 1: They told him it was our night of hope. The 352 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: next morning, first thing, he called his main literary agent 353 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: and asked if she knew me Joel Ostein. She said, 354 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: I don't know him personally, but seen his book, seen 355 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 1: him on television. He said, you need to find him 356 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: because I'm going to publish his next book. She tracked 357 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 1: me down, set up a meeting. He made an offer 358 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 1: that boggled my mind that I could not refuse. That 359 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: company preprinted more copies of my book than any book 360 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 1: they had ever published in the company's history. That's what 361 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: happens when you simply honor God. He'll cause people to 362 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: be at the right place at the right time. You 363 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: won't have to seek them out. They'll seek you out. Well, Joel, 364 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 1: that's cause you're on television. You had that book, you 365 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: got all this gold. No, don't talk yourself out of it. 366 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: Because you honor God, you have the same commanded blessing 367 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,479 Speaker 1: on your life. Just like that, he's seeking missile finding 368 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:05,120 Speaker 1: a target. Right now, God has favor tracking you down. 369 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: Good breaks are looking for you, Divine connections, the right 370 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 1: people are in your future. When my father was alive, 371 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: Victoria and I used to go to India with him 372 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: a couple of times a year. One time we met 373 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 1: this young pastor that came from an extremely poor family. 374 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: They didn't have electricity or running water. They lived out 375 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: in this open field, in this little hut that they 376 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,199 Speaker 1: had built. The men next door was very wealthy. He 377 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: owned a huge farm, had thousands of cattle, all these 378 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 1: different crops, and he would sell milk and vegetables to 379 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: the village people. But he was kind of greedy and 380 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: charged more than he should. Many people couldn't afford it. 381 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,919 Speaker 1: One day, about ten of his cows got out and 382 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,439 Speaker 1: came over to the little hut where the pastor and 383 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,880 Speaker 1: his family lived. Having a cow was a big deal. 384 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: You could have milk and other products to sell to people. 385 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: The workers came and got those ten cows, put them 386 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 1: back in the owner's fence. The next day, the same 387 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 1: ten cows got out came back over. This happened again 388 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:13,199 Speaker 1: and again and again. The owner got so frustrated he 389 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: told his workers tell the pastor he can have those 390 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 1: ten cows given to him as a gift. That pastor 391 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: was so thrilled he started selling milk and other dairy 392 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: products to the people in the village, but he sold 393 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: them for much less. Before long, people were lined up 394 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,360 Speaker 1: at his door. He was able to buy more cows. 395 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: His business kept growing so much so that that other 396 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: owner came over and said, you're putting me out of business. 397 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: I can't compete with you. Why don't you take over 398 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: my company. This pastor purchased his company for a fraction 399 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,640 Speaker 1: of its value, and today he has a very successful 400 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: company with several hundred employees. But it all started when 401 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: those cows came looking for him and wouldn't go home. 402 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: What is that? Like a magnet, he attracted the goodness 403 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: of God. Now you don't have to worry about how 404 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: it's all going to work out. God knows how to 405 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,479 Speaker 1: have the cows find you. What has your name on it, 406 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: the real estate, the good breaks, the businesses. The favor 407 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 1: will eventually find this way into your hands. Proverbs puts 408 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: it this way. Trouble chases sinners, but blessings chase the righteous. 409 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 1: You are the righteous right now, Favor is chasing you 410 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: promotion is chasing you. Healing is chasing you. Cows are 411 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: looking for you. Victory is coming your way. I don't 412 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: ever say I'll never get out of debt, Joel, I'll 413 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 1: never get married, I'll never be well again. You know 414 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: what that's doing. Demagnetizing your magnet. It's taking away the 415 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 1: attraction power. I used to have a magnet when I 416 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: was growing up that I played with when I was 417 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 1: a little boy. One day I woke up and the 418 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: magnet had no power. I had left it by something 419 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: that had demagnetized. It looked the same, but it wouldn't 420 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: attract anything in the same way. When we dwell on 421 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: negative can't do it not able to never going to happen, thoughts. 422 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: That is demagnetizing our magnet. You are taking away its 423 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: power to pull in what belongs to you. You know 424 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,199 Speaker 1: what I'm doing today. I'm helping you to turn up 425 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: the power on your magnet. When you realize God has 426 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: put a commanded blessing on your life, you go out 427 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: each day with the attitude that something good is going 428 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: to happen to you. That's when God can do exceedingly 429 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: abundantly above and beyond and every one of you can 430 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: look back over your life and remember a time like 431 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 1: I can, where you unexpectedly saw God's favor. You didn't 432 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,160 Speaker 1: go after it. It came after you. God has done 433 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: it in the past. The good news is He's not 434 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,679 Speaker 1: only going to do it again in the future, but 435 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,479 Speaker 1: what he's going to show you is going to pale 436 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,639 Speaker 1: in comparison to what you've seen in the past. God 437 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 1: has explosive blessings come in your way. They are going 438 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: to thrust you to a level greater than you've imagined. 439 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: You're going to look back and say, like I do, 440 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,439 Speaker 1: how in the world did I get here. I'm not 441 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: the most qualified, the most talented. I don't have all 442 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: the experience. You may not, but God does. He knows 443 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: how to get you to where you're supposed to be. Now, 444 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: I believe and declare today because you're honoring God, because 445 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: you're keeping him first place. The power of your magnet 446 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: is being turned up. You're about to draw in good breaks, promotion, healing, 447 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: favor ideas, contracts, creativity. God is about to release what 448 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: already has your name on it. You're not going to 449 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 1: have to go after it. It's going to come after you. 450 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,880 Speaker 1: It's going to be bigger than you imagined. It's going 451 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: to happen sooner than you thought. You're about to step 452 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: into the fullness of your destiny and become everything God's 453 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 1: you to be. In Jesus' name, if you receive it, 454 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 1: can you say him in today? We never like to 455 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,360 Speaker 1: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 456 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,199 Speaker 1: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 457 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 458 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 459 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 460 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 461 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: God first place. He's going to take your places that 462 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: you've never dreamed of. 463 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:38,719 Speaker 2: It starts with just a tiny seed. From it, tender 464 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,640 Speaker 2: bud sprout, the miracle of new life blooms and thrives. 465 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 2: But how do you experience the same miraculous and extraordinary 466 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 2: growth in your own life? 467 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 1: Sometimes our life is limited because we're believing too small. 468 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: Faith is like a see when you believe all things 469 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: are possible, that's when you'll see new growth, opportunity, and 470 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,919 Speaker 1: we don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. 471 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: All we have to do is believe. There may not 472 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 1: be away in the natural, but our God is supernatural. 473 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 1: We'd like to send you this time next year Believe 474 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: Big Journal. It will help you to enlarger vision and 475 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: stretch your faith. Where would you like to be a 476 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: year from now? Who knows what God will do in 477 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four if you'll take the limits off of 478 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 1: Him and believe for the great things He's placed in 479 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: your heart. 480 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,400 Speaker 2: As our thank you for your gift of any amount 481 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 2: this month, we want to send you that this time 482 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 2: next year, Believe Big Journal, along with our new Believe tea. 483 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 2: As you begin to Believe Big, you'll see God move 484 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 2: in powerful ways, the impossible made possible. Growth, provision, and 485 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 2: new opportunities will burst forth above and beyond which you 486 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 2: can ask or imagine. 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