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I promise you we'll make 45 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 5: you feel right at home. But thanks so much for 46 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 5: tuning in today and thank you again for coming out. 47 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard about. 48 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 4: This senior citizen. 49 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 5: He was driving down the freeway in his brand new 50 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 5: Corvette with the top down, going eighty miles an hour 51 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 5: when he noticed flashing lights from a state trooper behind him. 52 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 5: Without thinking about it, he floored it to one hundred 53 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,519 Speaker 5: miles an hour. The trooper flipped on his sirens, and 54 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 5: the man came to his senses and pulled over. Said officer, 55 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 5: I'm so sorry. I don't know what I was thinking. 56 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 5: The state trooper said, listen, sir, it's Friday at four o'clock. 57 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 5: My shift ends in thirty minutes. If you can give 58 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 5: me a reason for speeding that I've never heard before, 59 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 5: then I'll let you go. He thought about it and said, officer, 60 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 5: years ago, my wife ran off with a state trooper, 61 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 5: and I thought you were bringing her back. The officer said, 62 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 5: have a great weekend. Hold up your Bible. Say it 63 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 5: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 64 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 5: what it says I am. I have what it says 65 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 5: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 66 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 5: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 67 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 5: boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 68 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 69 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 70 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 5: not settling for good enough. It's easy to think my 71 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 5: marriage is not what it should be, but at least 72 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 5: we're still together, it's good enough. Or I don't really 73 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 5: like this job, but at least I'm employed. 74 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 4: It's good enough. 75 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 5: I would love to make a's in school, but I'm 76 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 5: not that smart. 77 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 4: These seas are good enough. 78 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 5: Too many people are living with things that are less 79 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 5: than God's best. They've lost their passion. At one time, 80 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 5: they had a big dream. They were excited about their future, 81 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 5: but they hit some bumps along the way. Didn't happen 82 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 5: on their timetable. Now they've gotten discouraged, thinking that it's 83 00:03:58,600 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 5: never going. 84 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 4: To happen, accepted as their lot in life. 85 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 5: But just because you haven't seen what God promised you 86 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 5: come to pass doesn't mean that it's not going to happen. 87 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 5: Don't make the mistake of settling for good enough. Good 88 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 5: Enough is not your destiny. You are a child of 89 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 5: the most High God. You have seeds of greatness on 90 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 5: the inside. You are created to excel, to live an 91 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 5: abundant life. You may be struggling in your health, your finances. 92 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 5: With an addiction, it's been that way a long time, 93 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 5: and now you're just coasting, thinking what's the use It's 94 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 5: always going to be this way. 95 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 4: Now you've got to get your fire back. It's not 96 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 4: over until God says it's over. 97 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 5: You've got to start believing again, start dreaming again, start 98 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 5: pursuing what God put in your heart. Genesis thirty eight. 99 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 5: There's a story about a woman that was pregnant with twins. 100 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 5: When she was giving birth, one of the babies arms 101 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 5: came out. The midwife tied a small quarter around it 102 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 5: was going to gently pull him, but before she could, 103 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,679 Speaker 5: he pulled his arm back, and his brother broke through 104 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 5: and came out first. One stretched and one settled, Like 105 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 5: this woman. On the inside of each one of us, 106 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 5: there are two people. One says, I'm going to become 107 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 5: everything God's created me to be. I can do all 108 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 5: things through Christ. I'm surrounded by God's favor. The other says, 109 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 5: you'll never get out of debt. The economy's too bad, 110 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 5: you'll never lose the weight. Your metabolism is all. You'll 111 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 5: never break that addiction, just learn to live with it. 112 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 5: One wants to stretch the other wants to settle. Now 113 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 5: you get to choose which person you're going to be. 114 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 5: Too many people make the choice to settle. They believe 115 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 5: the lies that you've reached your limits. You never get 116 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 5: any good breaks. Where you are is where you're always 117 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 5: going to be. Be. Now, if you're going to see the 118 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 5: fullness of what God has in store, you have to 119 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 5: have the attitude. I'm not going to let good enough 120 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 5: be good enough. I know I was created for greatness. 121 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 5: I was created to excel, to live a healthy life, 122 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 5: to overcome obstacles, to fulfill my destiny. 123 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 4: I am not going to settle. I'm going to stretch. 124 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 4: I'm going to. 125 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 5: Let go of what didn't work out and reach forward 126 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 5: to the new things God has in store. But some 127 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 5: of you have lost your fire. At one time, you 128 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 5: knew you would break that addiction. You knew you would 129 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 5: beat that sickness. You knew you would get married. But 130 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 5: you've gone through disappointments. Didn't happen the way you thought. 131 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 5: Now you've accepted the fact that it's probably not going 132 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 5: to happen. You've gotten comfortable with good enough. But God 133 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 5: is saying to you what he said to the people 134 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 5: of Israel. You have dwelt long enough on this mountain. 135 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 5: It's time to move forward. God has new levels in 136 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 5: front of you, new opportunities, new relationships, promotions, breakthroughs. But 137 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 5: you've got to stir up what God put on the inside, 138 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 5: the dreams, the promises that you've pushed down thought. Oh, 139 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 5: it's not going to happen, Joel, I'm too old, I 140 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 5: don't have the connections, I don't know the right people. 141 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 4: No, God hasn't all figured out. 142 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 5: If you'll start believing again, start dreaming again, start pursuing 143 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 5: what God put in your heart. God will make a 144 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 5: way where you don't see away. He'll connect you to 145 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 5: the right people. He will open doors that no man 146 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 5: can shut. What God spoke over your life, what he 147 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 5: promised you in the night, what He whispered in your spirit, 148 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 5: those hidden dreams he will bring to pass. See, just 149 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 5: because you gave up on a dream doesn't mean God 150 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 5: gave up. Just because you decided you're not gonna get well, 151 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 5: never break the addiction, never get married. You might have 152 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,679 Speaker 5: changed your mind, But the good news is God didn't 153 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 5: change his mind. He still has a victorious plan in 154 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 5: front of you. 155 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 4: Why don't you get in agreement with God. 156 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 5: I read a story about a young man that had 157 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 5: a dream to play professional football. In high school, he 158 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 5: was a star player on all kinds of awards. He 159 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 5: came from a very small town where everybody knew him. 160 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 4: All the children looked up to him, wanted to be. 161 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 5: Like him, a local hero, but most of the coaches 162 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 5: thought he was too small to play in college. He 163 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 5: was turned down by all the major universities. He ended 164 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 5: up at a junior college working at a pizza restaurant, 165 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 5: not even play in football. One night, he was delivering 166 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 5: a pizza. A ten year old boy answered the door. 167 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 5: When this boy saw the young man, his eyes got 168 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 5: so big. 169 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 4: The boy was starstruck. 170 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 5: He couldn't believe the player he had watched so many 171 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 5: times thrill the crowd, so quick, so fast, was standing 172 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 5: right in front of him. About that time, the boy's 173 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 5: father walked up, and the young man gave the father 174 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 5: the pizza. The little boy was very confused. He looked 175 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 5: up at his father. He looked at the young man 176 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 5: and said, very innocently, what are you doing delivering pizzas 177 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 5: Those words from a ten year old boy lit a. 178 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 4: New fire on the inside. 179 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 5: When he got off of work, he went to the 180 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 5: gym and started training. That summer, he trained harder than 181 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 5: he had ever trained before. He gained seventy pounds, got bigger, stronger, quicker, faster. 182 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 5: In the fall, he tried out at a major university 183 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 5: where he always wanted to play. He not only made 184 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 5: the team, but he became their star player. Two years ago, 185 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 5: he was drafted in the first round to play professional football. 186 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 5: Today he is a star in the NFL, living out 187 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 5: his dream. 188 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 4: But here's what he said. 189 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 5: It would have never happened if that ten year old 190 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 5: boy wouldn't have asked me, what are you doing selling pizzas? 191 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 5: My question today? Have you settled somewhere way beneath what. 192 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 4: You know God has put in you. 193 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 5: Have you given up on a dream, let go of 194 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 5: a promise because it didn't happen. The first time you 195 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 5: had a set back, somebody told you, no, you're not 196 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 5: talented enough, You're not dig enough. I ask you, respectfully, 197 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 5: what are you doing there? You have so much in you. 198 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 5: You are full of talent, ideas, creativity, potential. When God 199 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 5: breathed his life into you, he put a part of 200 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 5: himself in you. You have the DNA of Almighty God. 201 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 5: You were never created to be average, to barely get by, 202 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 5: to always struggle, to just have to take the leftovers 203 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 5: as the head and not the tell you are equipped, empowered, 204 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 5: fully loaded, lacking nothing. 205 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 4: Don't you dare settle for second best. 206 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 5: Don't get stuck in a rut thinking that you've reached 207 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 5: your limits. Draw the line in the sand and say 208 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 5: that's it. I've let good enough be good enough long enough. 209 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 4: Today is a new day. 210 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,079 Speaker 5: May not have happened the first time, the fifth time, 211 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 5: or the thirtieth time, but I'm not going to settle. 212 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 5: I'm going to start stretching my faith, looking for opportunities, 213 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 5: taking steps to improve. I'm going to become everything God's 214 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 5: created me to be. 215 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 4: Listen, when you do. 216 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 5: The natural, God will show up and do the supernatural. 217 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 5: When you do what you can, God will come and 218 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 5: do what you cannot. Don't take the easy way out, 219 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 5: Stand strong and fight the good fight of faith. In 220 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 5: the scripture, Abraham is listed as one of the heroes 221 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 5: of faith. He's the one that God made one of 222 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 5: the first covenants with. But what's interesting is God spoke 223 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 5: to Abraham's father many years before and told him to 224 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 5: go where he told Abraham. Says in Genesis eleven that 225 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 5: Abraham's father left Er and headed out toward Canaan. 226 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 4: He had his goal. He was going to the Promised Land, 227 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:25,479 Speaker 4: just like God told Abraham. 228 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 5: But it says he stopped along the way and settled 229 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 5: in Huran. 230 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 4: Why did he stop? There were too many difficulties. 231 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 5: It was hard traveling with all of his flocks and herds, 232 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 5: he had, his family, his possessions. 233 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 4: Wasn't comfortable. He finally decided, I can't go any further. 234 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 5: I know this isn't the Promised Land, but it's good enough. 235 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 5: At least we can survive out here. At least we 236 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 5: can make it. How many times do we do the 237 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 5: same thing. We start off right, We've got a big 238 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 5: dream to fulfill our destiny, but along the way we 239 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 5: face opposition, adversity arises. Too many times we say, like 240 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 5: Abraham's father, what's the use. I'm never going to break 241 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 5: this addiction. My marriage is never going to get better, 242 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 5: I'll never accomplish my dreams. 243 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 4: I'm just going to settle here. 244 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 5: It's good enough. No, I want to light a new 245 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 5: fire in you today. You are not weak, defeated, lacking. 246 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 5: You have been armed with strength for every battle. That 247 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 5: obstacle is no match for you. 248 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 4: You have the. 249 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 5: Most powerful force in the universe breathing in your direction. Now, 250 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 5: don't be a weakling, be a warrior. Your marriage is 251 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 5: worth fighting for, Your health is worth fighting for. Your dreams, 252 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 5: your children, they are worth fighting for. You got to 253 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 5: dig your heels in and say I am in it 254 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 5: to win it. I know God didn't bring me this 255 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 5: far to leave me here. Now, I'm not going to 256 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 5: settle halfway, three fourths of the way or nine tenths 257 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 5: of the way. I'm going to make it all the 258 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:14,079 Speaker 5: way into my promised land. If you're going to be victorious, 259 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 5: you have to have a made up mind. You've got 260 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 5: to be determined. You're not going to give up when 261 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 5: it gets difficult. You're not going to complain because it's 262 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 5: taken a long time, not going to get discouraged because. 263 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 4: You went through a setback. 264 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 5: You know everything God promised you is worth fighting for, 265 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 5: so you are in it for the long haul. Now, 266 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 5: some of you today you need to pull up your stakes. 267 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 5: You've camped halfway like Abraham's father. You've gotten comfortable, decided 268 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 5: that your dreams are never going to come to pass. 269 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 4: Your health is never going to improve. 270 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to pack up your tent, gather up 271 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 5: your belongings, and start moving forward. You may have taken 272 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 5: a temporary delay, but that's okay. That didn't stop your destiny. 273 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 5: Today can be your new beginning. God is breathing new 274 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 5: life into your spirit. He has greater victories in front 275 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 5: of you. Get a vision for it now, you say, Joel, 276 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 5: this sounds good, but I've been single a long time. 277 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 5: I don't think I'll ever meet the right person. Or 278 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 5: I work hard, but I never get any promotion. Every 279 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 5: time you dwell on those negative, discouraging thoughts, you are 280 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 5: digging another stake halfway toward your promised land. First place 281 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 5: we lose the battle is in our own thinking. If 282 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 5: you don't think you can be successful, then you never 283 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 5: will be. 284 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 4: If you don't think you. 285 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 5: Can overcome the past, meet the right person, accomplish your dreams, 286 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 5: you'll get stuff right where you are. You've got to 287 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 5: change your thinking. Listen right now, the creator of the 288 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 5: universe is arranging things in your favor. He said, no 289 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 5: good thing will he withhold because you walk up right. 290 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 5: He's not going to withhold the right person, the wisdom, 291 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 5: the breaks, the turnaround, get rid. 292 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 4: Of a negative, defeated mentality. 293 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 5: Make room in your thinking for the new thing God 294 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 5: wants to do. He wants to take you all the 295 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 5: way in to your promised land. I read about this 296 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 5: professor at a major university. He was in class about 297 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 5: to pass out the final exam, the most important test 298 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 5: of the year. Before he did, he told his students 299 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 5: how proud he was of them, and because they had 300 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 5: worked so hard, he made them a special offer. He said, 301 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 5: anyone that would like an automatic sea on this test, 302 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 5: just raise your hand and I'll give you a C. 303 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 5: You won't even have to take the test. One hand 304 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 5: slowly went up, then another, and another, until about half 305 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 5: of the students opted out of taking the test. They 306 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 5: walked out of the room so relieved, so happy. The 307 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 5: professor went on to pass out the test to the 308 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 5: rest of the students, and he placed it face down 309 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 5: on the desk asked. 310 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,959 Speaker 4: Them not to turn it over until he instructed them too. 311 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,360 Speaker 5: For the next few minutes, he encouraged them about how 312 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 5: they were going to do great things in life and 313 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 5: how they should always strive to do their best. Then 314 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 5: he gave the word that it was okay, turn the 315 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 5: test over and get started. The test only had two sentences. 316 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 5: It read congratulations, you just made an A. 317 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 4: This is what we do. 318 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 5: Many times we settled for a C, not realizing God 319 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 5: has an A in our future. Joel, I don't think 320 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 5: i'll ever get over this sickness. I'm just learning to 321 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 5: live with it. That's taken a C. You've got to 322 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 5: change your thinking. God is restoring health. Unto me, I 323 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 5: will live and not die. I'm getting stronger, healthier, better. 324 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 5: That's going for the A. Well, I'm getting up there 325 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 5: in years on how your health starts to go downhill. 326 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 5: That's taking a C. I'll never break this addiction. I've 327 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 5: had it since high school. 328 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 4: Another sea? How about this one, Joel. 329 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 5: This guy I'm dating, I know he's not good for me, 330 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 5: he doesn't treat me right. 331 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 4: But I may not ever meet anybody else. That's not 332 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 4: a C. That's a D. That's an F. 333 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 5: God has an A, but you'll never see it if 334 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:27,919 Speaker 5: you keep taking the sea's. 335 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 4: Yes, the seas are easier. You don't have to stretch, 336 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 4: you don't have to get out of your comfort zone. 337 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 4: But you'll never be truly fulfilled. If you keep settling 338 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 4: for SS. The good news is. 339 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 5: God already has a's in your future. He has the 340 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 5: right person, a happy marriage, a successful career, hell, holness, freedom, victory. 341 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 5: Don't take the easy way out. The a's are worth 342 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 5: fighting for now. I can't think of much that would 343 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 5: be sadder than to come to the end of life 344 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 5: and have to wonder what could I have become if 345 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 5: I didn't settle for good enough? What could I have 346 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 5: been if I didn't take so many SE's. But instead 347 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 5: I press forward, striving to be my very best. You 348 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 5: may have taken some c's in the past, we all have, 349 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 5: but make a decision with me. From now on, you're 350 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 5: only going for the a's. I know some of you 351 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 5: are thinking, well, Joel, I'm married a C. What should 352 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 5: I do? You stick with him and make him into 353 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:32,399 Speaker 5: an A. 354 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 4: But here's the key. 355 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 5: Don't look at your husband now. That's a wrong time. 356 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 5: Straight ahead. Here's the key. If you're not seeing in 357 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 5: your life what God promised in your spirit, then keep 358 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 5: moving forward. 359 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 4: It's only temporary. 360 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 5: Like the young man delivering pizzas, you may be doing 361 00:19:56,280 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 5: something that's below your potential, working at a job, even 362 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 5: using your gifts. 363 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 4: Don't slack off when you're there. 364 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 5: Keep being your best, but see that as only temporary. 365 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 5: That's just a season that you're passing through. Don't put 366 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 5: your stakes down. If where you're living doesn't match what 367 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 5: God put in your spirit, be grateful. Keep a good attitude, 368 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 5: but see it as only temporary. Don't settle there. If 369 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 5: the medical report doesn't agree with what God says about you, 370 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 5: don't accept it as the way it's always going to be. 371 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 4: Your attitude should be. This is just a season that 372 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 4: I'm passing through. 373 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 5: I'm coming into health, wholeness, victory, even if it's something good. 374 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 5: Maybe God has blessed you a family, a job, health, 375 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 5: You've seen his favor, but you know there are greater 376 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 5: levels in front of you. 377 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 4: It's easy to. 378 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 5: Think, Joel, I'm happy, I have no complaints. 379 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 4: God's been good to me. 380 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 5: But I've learned that good is the enemy of great 381 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 5: You may be doing good, you're using your gifts, but 382 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 5: deep down you know you have more in you. Don't 383 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 5: let good be an excuse to keep you from God's best. 384 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 4: Stir up your greatness, stretch into a new level. This 385 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 4: is where the people of Israel misted. It God brought 386 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 4: them out of slavery. 387 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 5: They were headed toward the Promised Land, a land flowing 388 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 5: with milk and honey. The spies came back and said, Moses, 389 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 5: we have never seen such a magnificent land, so beautiful, 390 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 5: luscious green. The fruits and vegetables were like nothing that experienced. 391 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 5: It took two people to carry the bushels of grapes, 392 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 5: they were so big. That's the vision God had in 393 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 5: front of them. That was the aid. But in the 394 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 5: wilderness they saw God's goodness. They saw God part the 395 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 5: Red Sea, bring water out of a rock, rain down 396 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 5: manner from heaven. 397 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 4: But do you know that was all only temporary provision. 398 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 4: That was only the sea. 399 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 5: The mistake they made is when they came to the 400 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 5: Promised Land there were people living on it. All they 401 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 5: had to do was fight for the land, and God 402 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 5: promised them the victory. The problem is that group was 403 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 5: not willing to fight. They thought it's not worth it, 404 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 5: it's too much trouble. Besides, those people are bigger than us. 405 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 4: Anyway. 406 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 5: I believe one reason they settled for the sea so 407 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 5: easily is because they had seen God's favor in the wilderness. 408 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 4: They thought it's. 409 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,679 Speaker 5: Not so bad out here. God takes care of us, 410 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 5: he feeds us, he closes us. It's good enough. They 411 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 5: were too easily satisfied. They didn't realize everything God had 412 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 5: done up to that point was only temporary provision. It 413 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 5: was to take them in to their land of abundance. 414 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 5: Most of you can say, like me, You've seen God 415 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 5: be good to you. God's blessed you with health, a family, 416 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,360 Speaker 5: a job. He's opened doors that should not have opened. 417 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 5: He's shown you favor protected you can I tell you 418 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 5: that was only temporary provision. You have not made it 419 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 5: into your promised land. God has taking you somewhere greater 420 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 5: than you've ever imagined. 421 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 4: The scripture says no. 422 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 5: Eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has 423 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 5: imagined the amazing things God has in store for those 424 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 5: that love the Lord. 425 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 4: Now, don't make the mistake they. 426 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 5: Did and build a house where you should be pitching 427 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 5: a tent. Don't let your temporary provision become permanent. Yes, 428 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 5: God's been good to you, but you haven't seen anything yet. 429 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 5: What God has in your future will supersede what you've 430 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 5: seen in the past. Thank God for his goodness, Be 431 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 5: grateful for the red seas that part. Thank him for 432 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 5: the protection, the provision, the favor. But if it's not 433 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 5: more than you can ask or think, be bold enough 434 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 5: to pick up your stakes and say, God, this is 435 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 5: all great. You've been awesome in my life, and I 436 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 5: thank you for it. But God, I believe this is 437 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 5: only temporary provision. Where you're taking me is to a 438 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 5: land of abundance, a place like I've never experienced before. 439 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:21,400 Speaker 5: That's not being selfish. That's releasing your faith for the 440 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 5: fullness of your destiny. After all, God said, I will 441 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 5: give you houses that you didn't have to build. You 442 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 5: will reap from vineyards that you did not plan. One 443 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 5: version says, may the God of your fathers make you 444 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 5: a thousand times more than you are. I don't know 445 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 5: about you, but I can't settle here. I got to 446 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,680 Speaker 5: pull up my mistakes. God has a thousand times more, 447 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 5: more joy, more peace, more influence, more wisdom, more ideas, 448 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 5: more creativity, more good. 449 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 6: Great. 450 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:56,479 Speaker 5: Let's take the limits off of God, all right? 451 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 4: Let me finish feel limits off of God. 452 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 5: When my father went to be with the Lord in 453 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 5: nineteen ninety nine and I stepped up to pastor the church, 454 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 5: one of our goals is if we could just maintain 455 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 5: what my parents had built, we thought we would be 456 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 5: doing good. But God's plan for our life is much 457 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 5: bigger than our own. 458 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:18,879 Speaker 4: God doesn't want. 459 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 5: Us to get stuck at one level. He's a God 460 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 5: of increase, and we didn't maintain the church begin to grow. 461 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 5: Before long, that eight thousand seat sanctuary. It was filled 462 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 5: to the brim and we needed more room. And after 463 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,919 Speaker 5: about nine months we had to add a second Sunday 464 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 5: morning service, a few months later, a Saturday night service, 465 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:38,880 Speaker 5: later even another service. 466 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 4: And I was so amazed. 467 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 5: I thought for sure that was our promised land, seeing 468 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,679 Speaker 5: that other building filled three or four times a week. 469 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 4: But looking back now, I. 470 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 5: Realized that was only temporary provision. That was God just 471 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 5: sustaining us while we were on the way to where 472 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 5: He was really taking us. One day God opened up 473 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,400 Speaker 5: the doors to this place, former Compact center. He parted 474 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 5: some red seas, and God gave us a building that 475 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 5: was already built. That other location, it didn't have any 476 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 5: drive by traffic. You had to want to go out 477 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 5: there to church. But this new place, it's on the 478 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 5: second busiest freeway in the nation. Friends, God has houses 479 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 5: that you didn't have to build. He has vineyards that 480 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 5: you didn't have to plan. You may be blessed today. 481 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 4: God's been good to you, But what's. 482 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 5: In your future is exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. Don't 483 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 5: you dare settle where you are. God's promised land for 484 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 5: your life is greater than anything that you've imagined. 485 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 4: Now, don't be surprised. 486 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 5: If the two voices, the two people start talking to you. 487 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 5: One wants you to settle. It'll tell you this is 488 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 5: not for you today. You've reached your limits. You've made 489 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 5: too many mistakes, you never get any good breaks. The 490 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 5: other will tell you this is for you today. Make 491 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 5: room for God to do something new, something out of 492 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 5: the ordinary. Why don't you let that voice take root. 493 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 5: When Joshua was leading the people of Israel, God said, Joshua, 494 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 5: you have not passed this way before. 495 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 4: God is saying the same thing to us. 496 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 5: Something out of the ordinary is coming your way, new 497 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 5: levels of favor, unprecedented opportunities, divine connections. God has a's 498 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 5: in your future. People already lined up to be good 499 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 5: to you. What makes them an a is you don't 500 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 5: have to find them. They'll come find you when you 501 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 5: honor God his blessings will chase you down. You won't 502 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 5: be able to outrun the good things of God. My 503 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,719 Speaker 5: challenge today, don't settle where you are in your health, 504 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 5: your relationships, your career, your walk with the Lord. Keep stretching, 505 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,640 Speaker 5: keep growing, keep believing, keep dreaming. Don't let good enough 506 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 5: be good enough. Be determined to become everything God created 507 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,040 Speaker 5: you to be. Some of you have dwelt on that 508 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 5: same mountain long enough. It's time to pull up your stakes, 509 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 5: pack up your belongings, start moving forward. Enlarge your vision, 510 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,120 Speaker 5: make room in your thinking for the new thing God 511 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 5: wants to do. Don't let your temporary provision become permanent. 512 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 5: If you'll learn this principle of stretching and not settling, 513 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 5: then you will see the fullness of what God has 514 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 5: in store. 515 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 6: Now. 516 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,919 Speaker 5: I believe you will overcome obstacles accomplish dreams. Not like 517 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 5: Abraham's father, but like Joshua. You're going to make it 518 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 5: all the way into your promised land. I declare it 519 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 5: in Jesus' name. If you receive it, can you say amen? 520 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 6: Well? 521 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 522 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus, the Lord of your life. 523 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, I 524 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 525 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 5: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 526 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 5: leave you got born again, Get in a good Bible 527 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 5: based church. Keep God first place. 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