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I know you're 43 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 4: going to lead, encouraged and inspire. 44 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 7: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 45 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 7: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 46 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 4: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 47 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message. Well, God bless you. It's a joy 48 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 4: to come into your homes. 49 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 6: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by. 50 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 6: I promise you we will make you feel right at home. 51 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 6: I like to start with something funny, And I heard 52 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 6: about this positive farmer and negative farmer. When it would rain, 53 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 6: the positive farmer would say, Lord, thank you for watering 54 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 6: our crops. 55 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 4: The negative farmer would. 56 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 6: Say, yeah, but if it keeps us up, it's going 57 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 6: to rock the roots. When the sun came out, the 58 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 6: positive farmer, Lord, thank you for giving our plants valuable nutrients. 59 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 6: The negative farmer, Yeah, but if it keeps it up. 60 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 4: It's going to scortch the crops. 61 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 6: One day they went bird hunting together in a boat. 62 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 6: The positive farmer just got a new bird dog. He 63 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 6: was so proud of him. He shot a bird, fell 64 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,399 Speaker 6: in the water, said to the negative farmer, watch this. 65 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 6: The dog jumped out of the boat, ran on top 66 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 6: of the water, picked up the bird, ran back on 67 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 6: top of the water, put it in the boat. He said, 68 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 6: what you think, The negative farmer said, I should have 69 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 6: known it. That dog can't even swim. Say it like 70 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 6: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 71 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 6: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 72 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 6: I can do what it says I can do. Today 73 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 6: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 74 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 6: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 75 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 6: never be the same. In Jesus' name. 76 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 4: God bless you. 77 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about it's worth 78 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 6: the weight. We all have things that we're waiting for, 79 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 6: a dream to come, to pass, problem to turn around, 80 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 6: or to meet the right person. 81 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 4: When it's taking. 82 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 6: Longer than we thought, it's easy to get discouraged, to 83 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 6: become impatient and think. 84 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 4: When is it ever going to happen? 85 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 6: But sometimes it's not happening because we're not prepared for 86 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 6: what God has prepared. You're ready for what you have 87 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 6: in mind, but if you could see what God has 88 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 6: in mind, you would realize you couldn't handle it right now. 89 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 6: You need more time to grow, to develop, to gain experience, 90 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 6: and the scripture says let patients have its perfect work. 91 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 6: Patience is developed in the weight room. When I was 92 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 6: playing sports in high school, the coach would have us 93 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 6: spend an hour a day lifting weights. I didn't want 94 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 6: to do that I wanted to play basketball. That seemed 95 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 6: like a waste of time. But in that weight room 96 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 6: we were getting stronger, building endurance so we could succeed 97 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 6: on the court. Before you see what God promised. Before 98 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 6: you get on the court, God will send you to 99 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 6: the weight room. Wait. You may not like it. You 100 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 6: don't see anything happening. Other people are in the game 101 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 6: making progress. You're stuck waiting, but that time in the 102 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 6: weight room is critical. You may not see anything changing, 103 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 6: but something is happening. 104 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 4: Patience is working. 105 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 6: Your spiritual muscles are getting stronger, You're growing developing. Patience 106 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 6: is building you, getting you prepared so you can sustain 107 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 6: what God has coming. Don't discount the waiting periods. Don't 108 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 6: get discouraged because it's not happening as fast as you 109 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:39,559 Speaker 6: would like. The longer it takes, that means the more 110 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 6: God has in store when it's your time, when He 111 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 6: knows you're ready, what you give birth to is going 112 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 6: to be much bigger than you've imagined. Hebrews says, you 113 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 6: have need of patience so you can receive the promises. 114 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 6: We know we need to have faith, we know we 115 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 6: need to believe. Those things seem of But this says 116 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 6: we need patience if we're going to see promises come 117 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 6: to pass. Maybe you've been praying, believing, being your best, 118 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 6: but you don't see anything changing. You're attempted to live stress. 119 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 6: Have a new perspective. You're in the weight room. You're 120 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 6: not missing out, you're not falling behind. God has you 121 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 6: right where he wants you. That promise is right on schedule. 122 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 6: Now do your part and wait with a good attitude, 123 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 6: not upset, complaining. When is it ever going to happen? No, 124 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 6: turn it around. Father, Thank you that what you started 125 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 6: in my life you will finish. Thank you that what 126 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,919 Speaker 6: you promised is on the way. If you will wait 127 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 6: with the right attitude. After patience has done its work, 128 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 6: you're going to see. 129 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 4: Promises come to pass. But we see waiting as negative. 130 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 4: We don't like it. 131 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 6: Nothing is happening. We're entry in the destination. But God 132 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 6: is interested in the journey. He's working on us along 133 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 6: the way. When we understand that waiting doesn't mean nothing 134 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 6: is happening. Does it mean God has forgotten about us. 135 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 6: It's all a part of the process, Then we can 136 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 6: stay in faith, knowing that at the right time God 137 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 6: will get us to where we're supposed to be. David 138 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 6: waited thirteen years to take the throne after the prophet 139 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 6: Samuel anointed him to be the next king. God could 140 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 6: have taken him straight to the throne, but David wasn't ready. 141 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 4: He had to go through a time of testing. 142 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 6: During those thirteen years, he faithfully took care of his 143 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 6: father's sheep. Seemed like a menial position. He knew he 144 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 6: had bigger things in him. He had heard the prophet 145 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 6: say that he was a king. But had David not 146 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 6: passed the test in the weight room, he would have 147 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 6: never made it to the throne. He had to show 148 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 6: God he would take care of his father's sheep before 149 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 6: God would trust. 150 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 4: Him to take care of his sheep. The people of Israel. 151 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 6: While you wait, be your best where you are. That's 152 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 6: a very important time. God is watching to see if 153 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 6: you're ready. 154 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 4: And here's the key. 155 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 6: If what you're praying about isn't changing, then God is 156 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 6: using that situation. 157 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 4: To change you. 158 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 6: If it's not working out, then it's working out something 159 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 6: in you. 160 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 4: All things are working for your good. 161 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:40,079 Speaker 6: When we acquired the Compact Center, a company filed a 162 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 6: lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in. I 163 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 6: had already announced to the congregation that it was ours, 164 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 6: people had given to help renovate it. Now there was 165 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 6: a chance it wasn't going to happen. Thoughts told me, Joel, 166 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 6: you're going to look like a fool. You're going to 167 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 6: have to give the funds back. It's going to be 168 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 6: a big mess. I was tempted to worry, live stressed out, 169 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 6: but I prayed like I. 170 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 4: Had never prayed. When I woke up in the. 171 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 6: Middle of the night, thinking the opposition is too big, 172 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 6: it's never going to happen, I'd turn it around. 173 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 4: Father. Thank you that you being for me. It's more 174 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 4: than the world being against me. 175 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 6: This went on month after month, even year after year. 176 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 6: I was in the weight room. I had the promise, 177 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 6: but nothing was improving. I didn't like it, but something 178 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:33,439 Speaker 6: was happening that I couldn't see. 179 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 4: I was growing. 180 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 6: I was developing a greater trust in God. In that 181 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 6: weight room, I learned to stand strong even when it 182 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 6: seemed impossible. I lift weights now at home, and when 183 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 6: I'm on the bench, I pushed the bar bill up 184 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 6: and down. But what's interesting is the weight never changes. 185 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 6: The only thing in the weight room that ever changes 186 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 6: is me. The situation you're in may not be changing. 187 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 6: Then you're in the weight room. If it's not changing, 188 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 6: don't worry. 189 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 4: You're changing. 190 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 6: Patience is working. You're getting stronger, more determined. It's preparing you. 191 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 6: Almost three years later, that company dropped the lawsuit and 192 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:20,319 Speaker 6: we got the building. 193 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 4: It was a great victory. But think of this. 194 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 6: God could have given me the victory the first week 195 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 6: just as easily. He could have done it suddenly and 196 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 6: turned it around right away, and I wouldn't have had 197 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 6: to spend all that time in the weight room. It 198 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 6: would have been so much easier. The problem is I 199 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 6: wouldn't have been prepared for what was coming. I wouldn't 200 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 6: have been able to handle the growth, the influence, the opposition. 201 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 4: God had to get me stronger. He didn't use the 202 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 4: good times. 203 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 6: He used the resistance. You don't grow when everything is easy. 204 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 6: In those three years, I learned to trust God in 205 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 6: a new way. I developed a greater resolve, a greater confidence. 206 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 6: You can't get that overnight. That doesn't happen on a weekend. 207 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 4: It takes time. 208 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 6: When Joseph was in prison, unfairly all those years, says 209 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 6: in Psalms. His feet were in chains of iron, and 210 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,439 Speaker 6: his soul entered into that iron. He didn't like it, 211 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 6: but those challenges were developing something in him, courage, strength, 212 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 6: endurance that he couldn't. 213 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 4: Get any other way. 214 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 6: It happened in the weight room, and I'll admit I 215 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 6: don't like to wait. 216 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 4: I like to move fast. I like to make progress. 217 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 4: I like to get things done. 218 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 6: My prayer used to be God, do it now, do 219 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 6: it in a hurry, do it fast. 220 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 4: But I've learned some things take time. 221 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 6: We live in a microwavee society, but we serve a 222 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 6: crock pot God. You can't get microwave maturity, microwave growth, 223 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 6: microwave anointing. 224 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 4: So much is developed in the process. 225 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 6: Sometimes people say to me, joel, pray that God will 226 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 6: give me your anointing. I know they're being respectful, but 227 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 6: I want to say, you can't have my anointing without 228 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 6: going through what I've been through, without the sacrifices, without 229 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 6: the closed doors, without the loss, without facing the giants. 230 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 4: There's a price to pay to be prepared. 231 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 6: In that weight room. When you're doing the right thing 232 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 6: but nothing's changing. You have the promise, but you're not 233 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:47,439 Speaker 6: making progress. Remember something is happening. You're growing, you're developing. 234 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 6: You may not like it, but you can't bypass the process. 235 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 6: You can't skip the weight room and reach the fullness 236 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 6: of your destiny. When my father went to be with 237 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 6: the Lord and I said up to Pastor the church, 238 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 6: things begin to grow. All of the sudden, I was 239 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 6: in the spotlight and people were watching and coming. Someone 240 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 6: referred to me as an overnight success, said that I 241 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 6: had come. 242 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 4: Out of nowhere. 243 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 6: But the truth is I had been in the weight 244 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 6: room for seventeen years, behind the scenes here at Lakewood. 245 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,079 Speaker 6: I didn't know it then, but God was getting me 246 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 6: prepared for what I'm doing now. Had I not been 247 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 6: my best where I was, had I not been faithful 248 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 6: to serve my father to trying to make him look good, 249 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 6: carrying out his vision, then God couldn't have trusted me 250 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 6: with my own vision. What am I saying, Keep a 251 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 6: good attitude when it's not happening as fast. 252 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 4: As you would like. 253 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 6: David said, God, my times are in your hands. It's 254 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 6: very powerful when you can say God, I not only 255 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 6: trust your ways, but I trust your timing. I know 256 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 6: at the right time when I'm ready, when I can 257 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 6: handle it, you will take me to new levels of 258 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 6: my destiny. But the mistake we make too often is 259 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 6: we get in a hurry and try to make things 260 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 6: happen in our own timing. This is what the young 261 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 6: man did in the story of the prodigal son. He 262 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 6: went to his father and said, give me the portion 263 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 6: of goods that belonged to me. They were rightfully his, 264 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 6: it was his inheritance. But a blessing given at the 265 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 6: wrong time is not a blessing. Something may have your 266 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 6: name on it, you know God has put it in 267 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 6: your heart, but if it happens too soon and you're 268 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 6: not prepared, the blessing will become a burden. A good 269 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 6: father won't give a good gift at the wrong time. 270 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 6: When our daughter Alexandra turned eighteen, we got. 271 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 4: Her a car. I loved her just as much when 272 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 4: she was five years old. I would have done anything 273 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 4: for her. 274 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 6: I had the funds, but I knew giving her a 275 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 6: car at five. 276 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 4: Wouldn't be a blessing. 277 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 6: Sometimes God proves his love to us by what he's 278 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 6: not letting us have. 279 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 4: Does it mean that it's never going to happen? 280 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 6: We just have to spend more time in the weight room, growing, developing, 281 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 6: gaining experience, learning to trust God, learning to forgive, learning 282 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 6: to keep a good attitude when things aren't going our way. 283 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 6: The sooner we pass these tests, the sooner God will 284 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 6: release what belongs to us. See the prodigal son, God 285 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 6: his inheritance too soon. He went out and wasted it, 286 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 6: spent it all living wildly. I used to pray, God, 287 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:50,359 Speaker 6: give me everything in a hurry. Now I've learned to pray, God, don't. 288 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 4: Give me anything too soon. 289 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 6: Don't take me anywhere that I can't handle. Don't open 290 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 6: a door that I don't have the grace to be 291 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 6: thereut Son wanted his prepared blessing. The problem was he 292 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 6: was unprepared. He couldn't sustain the weight of what God 293 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 6: had in store for him. And one reason we get 294 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 6: in a hurry is we think we're falling behind. Our 295 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 6: friend is getting married, our coworker got promoted, the neighbors 296 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 6: moved into a new house. We got to make things happen. 297 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 6: We're being left out. Well, here's the key. 298 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 4: What has your name on it will not go to 299 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 4: anyone else. 300 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 6: What belongs to you will not go to another person. Well, Joel, 301 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 6: this guy may get away if I don't do something now, 302 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 6: if I don't compromise, he may not stick around. If 303 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 6: you have to compromise, he's not the right one. God 304 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 6: has somebody ordained for you, somebody better than you can imagine. 305 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 6: You won't have to beg them to stay, talk them 306 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 6: into calling you, convince them to spending time. 307 00:16:58,400 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 4: They'll be so in love. 308 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 6: With you can't get rid of them. They'll treat you 309 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 6: like a queen, like a king. Stay in that weight room, 310 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 6: be patient. You may be ready, but God's still working 311 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 6: on the other person. David was out in the shepherd's 312 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 6: fields when the prophet Samuel came to his house to 313 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 6: anoint one of the sons as the next king. David's father, Jesse, 314 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 6: didn't even bring David in. 315 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 4: He thought, there's no way it's David. He's too young. 316 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 6: When Samuel went to pour the oil on the other 317 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 6: seven sons, the oil wouldn't flow. I can imagine him 318 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 6: turning the bottle upside down, hitting it. 319 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 4: Nothing would come out. 320 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 6: God was showing us, no matter how hard someone tries 321 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 6: to get what's yours. They may manipulate, cannib ignore, leave 322 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 6: you out. The oil is not going to flow to them. 323 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 6: What has your name on it is coming your way. 324 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 6: The person, the job, the house, the opportunity, the promotion 325 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 6: cannot go to anyone else. 326 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 4: That's why we don't have to live jealous or envious 327 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 4: of other people. Well, Joe, my coworker, got the promotion 328 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,159 Speaker 4: that I worked so hard for. They played politics. It 329 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 4: wasn't fair. If it was supposed to be yours, you 330 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:18,199 Speaker 4: would have it. 331 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 6: Stay in the weight room, keep a good attitude, keep growing, 332 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 6: keep passing the test. 333 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 4: What God has for you is on the way. 334 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:32,400 Speaker 6: The reason it's taking longer is because it's much bigger, 335 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 6: much more rewarding than you thought. When you see what 336 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 6: God did, you'll say. 337 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 4: It was worth the way. 338 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 6: When you see the person God brings into your life, 339 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 6: somebody better than you dream, you'll say it was worth 340 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 6: the way. The contract didn't go through for the last house, 341 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 6: you were disappointed. 342 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 4: When you see the. 343 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 6: New door God opens, you're going to say it was 344 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 6: worth the way. When we were trying to buy property 345 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 6: to build a new sanctuary. 346 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 4: Twice the land was sold out from under us. I 347 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 4: was disappointed. 348 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 6: I thought the dream was coming true, but God sent 349 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 6: me back to the weight room. Seemed like we were 350 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 6: stuck out of nowhere, the compact center opened up. 351 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 4: I didn't go after it. It came after me. 352 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 6: I can tell you standing here today, it was worth 353 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 6: the way. You couldn't pay me to take those other properties. 354 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 6: This is what God had in mind, something more than 355 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 6: we could imagine. Now, maybe the door didn't open for you, 356 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 6: the job, the position, the relationship didn't work out. That 357 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 6: means God has something better. Stay in faith and one 358 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 6: day you'll see it was worth the way. I read 359 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 6: where an elephant is pregnant for almost two years. The 360 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 6: animal is so large, takes a long time for the 361 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 6: baby elephant to develop, and elephants give birth to only 362 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 6: one baby per pregnancy. A dog, on the other hand, 363 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 6: is pregnant for only sixty three days. After two months, 364 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 6: the mother can give birth from between. 365 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 4: Five and eight puppies. 366 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 6: Typically, imagine the elephant and dog having a conversation. The 367 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 6: dog says, I don't think you're pregnant. I gave birth 368 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 6: after two months. Something is wrong with you. The dog 369 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 6: goes out and gets pregnant again and again, giving birth 370 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 6: every several months. Two years later, the dog comes back 371 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 6: to the elephant with thirty puppies following In he says, 372 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 6: I know you're not pregnant. 373 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 4: Now, look at all these puppies. I've given birth multiple times. 374 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 4: The elephant says, no, here's the difference. The reason you've 375 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 4: given birth. 376 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 6: So many times and I'm still pregnant is because what 377 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:55,880 Speaker 6: I'm carrying is not something common, not something usual. I'm 378 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 6: about to give birth to something big, something out of 379 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:00,120 Speaker 6: the ordinary. 380 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 4: Maybe you've been in that weight room a long time. 381 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 6: You've seen people accomplished dreams, get married, move into their houses. 382 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 4: That's great, be happy for them. 383 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 6: But the reason it's taking so long for you is 384 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 6: because what you're carrying is not a puppy. It's not 385 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 6: something small. You're about to give birth to something you. 386 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 4: Didn't know was in you. 387 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 6: God's about to open a door that you didn't see coming. 388 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 6: I thought I was carrying a puppy. I didn't know 389 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 6: a compact center was in me. Don't get discouraged because 390 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:41,159 Speaker 6: it's taken longer. That's a sign that you're carrying an elephant. 391 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,199 Speaker 6: What you give birth to is going to surprise people. 392 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 6: A dream, a ministry, a business that touches the world. 393 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 6: You're going to go further than you thought, make a 394 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 6: greater impact. Than you've imagined. That's why you've been in 395 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 6: the weight room so long. When people tell you, I don't, oh, 396 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 6: I don't think you're pregnant, it would have happened by now. 397 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 6: You Still think you're gonna meet the right person, Still 398 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 6: think you're gonna get the promotion, Still think you're gonna 399 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 6: pay your house off. You've been believing a long time. 400 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 6: Just say yeah, I know a secret. I'm carrying an elephant. 401 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 6: When you give birth, you're gonna say, look what the 402 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 6: Lord has done. 403 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 4: It's gonna be more than you've imagined. 404 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 6: A friend of mine that attends Lakewood with his family. 405 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 6: He grew up in South America. He got involved in 406 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 6: the management of professional basketball right out of college. He's 407 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 6: worked for the Houston Rockets as an assistant to the 408 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 6: general manager for years. 409 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 4: His dream is to become a general manager. Several opportunities 410 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 4: opened up. 411 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 6: He went and interviewed big positions, had his hopes up, 412 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 6: but it. 413 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 4: Didn't work out. 414 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 6: I talked to him a couple of years after he 415 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 6: was turned down by another team. He was so close, 416 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 6: but they said no and chose somebody else. These doors 417 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 6: kept closing. 418 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 4: He didn't understand it, but he kept being his best. 419 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 4: He was in the. 420 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 6: Weight room, others were being promoted. Seemed like he was 421 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 6: being bypassed. But what has your name on it is 422 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 6: not going to go to anyone else. In the same way, 423 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 6: you can't open a door that God has closed. Sometimes 424 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 6: God has to shut the door because what we're believing 425 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 6: for is too small. God has something much bigger. He 426 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 6: loves you too much to let you miss your destiny. 427 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 6: After being turned down again and again, a few months ago, 428 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 6: he flew to Minnesota to interview with the Timberwolves. 429 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 4: Professional basketball team. 430 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 6: They didn't just offer him the position of general manager 431 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 6: like he was hoping. They offered him the position of president. 432 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 4: Of the whole organization. 433 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 6: One report said they gave him the keys to the car. Now, 434 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 6: my friend Gerson Roses is the highest ranking Latino in 435 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 6: all of professional basketball. When it's taking longer than you thought, 436 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 6: it's because you're going to give birth to an elephant, 437 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 6: something bigger, something more rewarding than you've imagined. Now, keep 438 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 6: a good attitude in the weight room when doors are closing, 439 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 6: when you're being bypassed, Can I encourage you? 440 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 4: Your time is coming. There's a birth in your future. 441 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 6: There's something big, something that you weren't expecting. When you 442 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 6: see what God was up to, you're going to look 443 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 6: back and say, like my friend Gerson, it was worth 444 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 6: the wait. Psalm thirty seven says, don't be impatient for 445 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 6: the Lord to act. Travel steady along his path. He 446 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 6: will honor you and give you the land when you're 447 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 6: faithful in the weight room. When you don't get impatient, 448 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 6: you don't get frustrated by closed doors. You don't live 449 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 6: jealous of others. Because you're traveling steady, honoring God. 450 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 4: He will give you the land. 451 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 6: That means you don't have to make things happen in 452 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 6: your own strength. You don't have to manipulate people, try 453 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 6: to force the doors to open. God will give you 454 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,919 Speaker 6: the position, give you the spouse, give you the influence, 455 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:31,360 Speaker 6: give you the compact center. Don't fight the weight room. 456 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:36,360 Speaker 6: You're not falling behind. God has already lined up the land. 457 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 4: He's going to give you. 458 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 6: He's already put your name on things bigger and better 459 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 6: than you can imagine. Now, keep traveling, steady, keep trusting God, 460 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 6: even though you don't see anything changing. When I was 461 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 6: eight years old, it was Christmas time. I went with 462 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 6: my father to buy a bicycle from my little sister April. 463 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 6: He wanted me to help pick out what I thought. 464 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 4: She would like. 465 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 6: We were at the store looking at all these bikes. 466 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 6: He had me get on different ones to try them 467 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 6: on see if I thought they would fit her. After 468 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 6: half an hour, we picked her out of bike. He 469 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,439 Speaker 6: was going to go back later and get it. In 470 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 6: a couple of days, I noticed on our back patio 471 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 6: a big sheet covering. 472 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 4: The bike that we had bought her. Now. 473 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 6: I went over to lift it up to take a peek. 474 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 6: My father said, no, Joel, I don't want you to 475 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 6: look at it. I said, why not, I've already seen it. 476 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 6: He said, I just don't want you to. He didn't 477 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 6: give me a reason. When he wasn't there, I was 478 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 6: tempted to go over and look, but unlike my brother Paul, 479 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 6: I obeyed my parents. If it would have been Victoria, 480 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 6: she would have taken the bike out and ridden it. 481 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:53,360 Speaker 4: But this was a couple of weeks before Christmas. 482 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,400 Speaker 6: Every day I asked my father if I could look 483 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 6: at the bike. He told me no, again and again. 484 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 6: I couldn't understand it. What was it going to her? 485 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 6: Christmas morning finally came around, and all of us kids 486 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 6: slept in the den together. Six o'clock we went and 487 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 6: woke my parents up. We opened all the gifts under 488 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 6: the tree. Then my father said, April, there's another gift 489 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 6: for you out on the patio. We all went out. 490 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 6: My father took the sheet off. There wasn't just one 491 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 6: bike there. There were two bikes, one for me as well. 492 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 6: My father had taken me to the store really to 493 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 6: find out what I liked. Sorry, April, that's why you 494 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:40,879 Speaker 6: got a boy's bike. Sometimes that's funny you. Sometimes God 495 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 6: is not letting us see something now because it's not 496 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 6: the right time. He's got the cover on it. But 497 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 6: when you come out of the weight room when it's 498 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 6: your time, it's going to surprise you something that you 499 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 6: weren't expecting. It didn't make sense to me at the 500 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 6: time why my father wouldn't let me look. Now I 501 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 6: understand why I had to wait. My bike was under there. 502 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 6: You may not understand why you're having to wait. But 503 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 6: God has a reason. There are some things he has 504 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 6: covered for you right now. When he uncovers them, you're 505 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 6: going to say it was worse to wait. 506 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 4: Now. 507 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 6: My challenge, don't be impatient for God to act. Don't 508 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:27,400 Speaker 6: be discouraged by what's not happening. God is working in 509 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,919 Speaker 6: that weight room. He's getting you prepared for what He 510 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 6: has prepared. The reason it's taking longer is you have something. 511 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 4: Big in you, not a puppy, but an elephant. 512 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 6: If you will stay in that weight room with a 513 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 6: good attitude, if you'll keep traveling steady, I believe and 514 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 6: declare God's about to uncover something you didn't see coming. 515 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 6: He's about to surprise you with opportunity, promotion, divine connections, 516 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 6: the fullness of your destinies in Jesus's. 517 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 4: Name, and if you receive it. Can you say amen? Today? 518 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 6: Well, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 519 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 6: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 520 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 6: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 521 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 522 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 6: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 523 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 6: got born again. 524 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 4: Get in a good. 525 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 6: Bible based church, Keep God first place. Thanks so much 526 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 6: for listening to today's message. 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