1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. It's great to be with. 7 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 2: You today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 8 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: during the week through our daily podcast or YouTube channel, 9 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: social media, and you can come visit us in person. 10 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 2: We'd love to have you be a part of one 11 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 2: of our services. But I'd like to start with something 12 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 2: funny and I. 13 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: Heard about this pastor. He bought a new horse. 14 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 2: He trained it to respond to praise the Lord meaning 15 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: giddy up, and Hallelujah meaning woe. Every time he said 16 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 2: praise the Lord, the horse took off running. When he 17 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 2: said Hallelujah, it would quickly stop. One day, he's out riding, 18 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 2: the horse got spooked, took off running straight toward the cliff, 19 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 2: going full blast. In the panic, he couldn't remember what 20 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 2: he had taught the horse. He said, Bless God, Glory, Amen. 21 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 2: Nothing happened. At the last moment he shouted Hallelujah. And 22 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 2: the horse came to a screeching halt just inches before 23 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 2: the edge of the cliff. He breathed a sigh of 24 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 2: relief and said, Praise the Lord, saying like you mean it. 25 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 26 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 27 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 28 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 29 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. 30 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 31 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: bless you. 32 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about unquestionably free. 33 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: When we've struggled in an area for a long time, 34 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 2: it's easy to accept that that's the way it's always 35 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 2: going to be. We did everything we could, we prayed, 36 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: we stood in faith, but nothing changed. Now we think 37 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: I'll always have this sickness, I'll always struggle in my finances. 38 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 2: I'll always have to deal with this depression, this anxiety, 39 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 2: this trouble at were functioning. We're making it, but it's 40 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 2: restricting our joy and limiting our growth. Men told me 41 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 2: recently how he's tried to forgive the people that hurt him. 42 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,079 Speaker 2: He has good intentions, but he can't get past it. 43 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 2: He still has this bitterness, this anger toward them. Now 44 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 2: it's keeping him from moving forward. But God didn't create 45 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 2: us to be partially. 46 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: Free, to be almost free, to be better than we 47 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: used to be. 48 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 2: The scripture says, whom the sun sets free is unquestionably free. 49 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: The things that are hindering you, that are keeping you 50 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 2: from your potential, they are not permanent. 51 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 1: That sickness is not how your story ends. 52 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 2: That depression, the addiction, you think you just have to 53 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: live with it. Now, just as the calendar has turned 54 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 2: to a new year, God is about to do something 55 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: new in your life. You're coming into a shift, a breakthrough. 56 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: What you couldn't do on your own. God is going 57 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: to stay in and do for you. 58 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 2: Your destiny is too great, your time too valuable for 59 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 2: you to go another year restricted. You're about to see 60 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 2: the God of the breakthrough, the God who suddenly shows 61 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 2: up and puts an end to what's holding you back. 62 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: He wants you to be unquestionably free. 63 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 2: That means there's nothing draining your joy, nothing hindering your potential, 64 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: nothing limiting your relationships. Yes, I know there are seasons 65 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 2: we have to endure and fight the good fight of faith. 66 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 2: But there comes a time where God says, enough is enough. 67 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 2: Now I'm going to step in and free you and 68 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: heal you, promote you, favor you. 69 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: This is what happened to the Israelites. 70 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: They had been in slavery four hundred and thirty years, 71 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 2: ten generations of being mistreated, taking advantage of it wasn't fair. 72 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: Most of them were born into lack and hardship. They 73 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: didn't choose it. 74 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: They inherited all these struggles, and you can imagine their mindset. 75 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 2: We're just slaves, We're just poor, defeated people. 76 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: It's never going to change. We just have to suffer 77 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: through it, just endure. They didn't see any sign of 78 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: things improving. 79 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 2: Pharaoh in his army, who was holding them captive, they 80 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 2: had all these weapons and resources. 81 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: The Israelites had nothing. But God said in Exodus, I 82 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: have seen the affliction of my people. I have heard 83 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: their cries, and I am coming down to deliver them. 84 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 1: God was saying, this is a new day. 85 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 2: I didn't create my children to live in bondage, oppressed 86 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 2: at a disadvantage. I created them to be the head 87 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 2: and not the tale, to be above and not beneath, 88 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 2: not bound by worry, depression, being mistreated. God created you 89 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 2: to be unquestionably free when the Israelites couldn't do anything 90 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 2: about it. The odds were against them, Pharaoh and that army. 91 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: That was one of the most powerful forces of that day. 92 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 2: Yet God stepped in and broke the Chaine, parted the red. 93 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: Seas, drowned their enemies. 94 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 2: When God says it's your time to be free, all 95 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 2: the forces of darkness. 96 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: Cannot stop him. Now you may not see away. 97 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 2: The medical report doesn't look good. Your business looks like 98 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 2: it's not gonna make it. You've been to rehab. 99 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: You tried, you couldn't break the addiction. It's been so long. 100 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: The opposition is too big. 101 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 2: You're right where the Israelites were. God is saying to 102 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 2: you what he said to them. I've seen your affliction. 103 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 2: I've seen what you've struggled with. I've seen those that 104 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 2: have broke your heart. 105 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: I've seen the worry, the heaviness that follows you around. 106 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,239 Speaker 1: I've seen the lonely nights. 107 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 2: The tears, the suffering, And I Am coming down to 108 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 2: put an end to it, not just make it better, 109 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 2: not just help you get through it. 110 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: You're going to be unquestionably free. There's about to. 111 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 2: Be a shift, a shift in your health, a shift 112 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 2: in your finances, a shift in your children, a shift 113 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: in your attitude. No more living depressed, defeated, negative. You're 114 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 2: going to see the hand of God doing what you 115 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 2: couldn't do on your own. It's going to be supernatural, 116 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 2: supernatural healing, supernatural freedom, supernatural provision. 117 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 1: Supernatural favor. 118 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,359 Speaker 2: I met a man that was diagnosed with incurable cancer 119 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 2: and he would come to Houston for several months every 120 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 2: year for treatment. The doctors told him he would have 121 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 2: to do this for the rest of his life. 122 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: That was the only way they could control the cancer. 123 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 2: He would attend here at Lakewood and he never complained. 124 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 2: He had a good attitude and he was grateful that 125 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 2: at least they had treatment. 126 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: But it was very hard on him. The chemo would 127 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: make him nauseousing. 128 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 2: His wife told how it was such a struggle, how 129 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 2: he didn't have the energy. 130 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: She wondered if he could keep going like that. 131 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 2: I told him what I'm telling you, that God sees 132 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 2: what you're dealing with. He sees what's causing your heartache, 133 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 2: how you're doing the right thing when it's hard, how 134 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,239 Speaker 2: you're being your best. When nothing is improving, you can't 135 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 2: change it. 136 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: It's out of your control. That's when God, in his 137 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: mercy will step in and say, enough is enough. 138 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 2: Let me do what only I can do. Medicine may 139 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 2: not be able to do it. People may not be 140 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 2: able to help you. 141 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: You've done what you can in the natural, But God 142 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: is supernatural. One touch of his favor everything will change. 143 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 2: One touch of his healing, one touch of his provision, 144 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 2: one touch of his goodness. Like the Israelites, you'll be 145 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 2: unquestionably free. The third year, this man came back to 146 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 2: town for treatment, and he went to have all the 147 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 2: tests run, and he was prepared to do what he 148 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 2: had done the other years, just endure and suffer through it. 149 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 2: The main doctor came back in scratching his head. He said, 150 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 2: have you done anything different? 151 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: Have you changed your diet. 152 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 2: Taken other medicine, found other treatment. The man said, no, 153 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 2: All I've been doing is praying and believing that God 154 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 2: will heal me, that He will make a way where 155 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 2: I don't see away. This doctor said it must be 156 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 2: working because we can't find any sign of cancer in 157 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 2: your body. That man came back the next year for 158 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 2: his checkup. Still no cancer. They said, there's no need 159 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 2: to come back anymore. 160 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: You are perfectly healthy. 161 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,719 Speaker 2: What am I saying? God has the final say. He 162 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 2: can do what medicine cannot do. Whatever's been hindering you. 163 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 2: He can't seem to get past it. Negative attitude, unforgiveness, 164 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 2: and addiction. 165 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 1: Maybe you can't get ahead. You take one step forward. 166 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 2: And two steps backwards like that spirit of lack follows 167 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 2: you around. 168 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: That's how it's been. But there's about to. 169 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:59,199 Speaker 2: Be a shift, a breakthrough, a turnaround, not to where 170 00:08:59,240 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 2: you're a little better. 171 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: Parsonally free, Joe, I have no complaints. 172 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 2: Oh how about unquestionably free, abundantly free, totally free. 173 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: That means free from. 174 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 2: That sphere to worry, always seeing the negative, Free from 175 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 2: that hot temper, that anger that's been passed down. 176 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: It's going to stop with you. Free from the bitterness 177 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: holding that grudge you've tried to forgive, you couldn't let 178 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: it go. God's about to breathe in your direction. 179 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 2: There's going to be strength to do what you couldn't 180 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:35,719 Speaker 2: do before, or maybe free from the guilt, living in regrets, 181 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 2: beating yourself up, not thinking you deserve to be blessed. 182 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: That stronghold is coming down. 183 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 2: Chains are being broken, limitations are being lifted. 184 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: What's hindered you in the past is not going to 185 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: hinder you anymore. Now. This is not going to just 186 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: happen by your mind, by your power. Maybe you tried, 187 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: hasn't worked out. 188 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 2: You feel like you're limited, at a disadvantage, at the 189 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 2: mercy of what you're up against. But that's okay. It's 190 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 2: going to happen by the spirit of the Most High God, 191 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 2: in his mercy is going to release you from every bondage, 192 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 2: free you from every restriction. You're about to step in 193 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 2: to a new level of freedom, peace, productivity, fulfillment. Things 194 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 2: that were slowing you down, draining your joy, taking your creativity, 195 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 2: those forces have been broken. Now you have to do 196 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 2: your part and get in agreement with God. 197 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: Here's the key. Don't go into a new year with 198 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: an old mindset. 199 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 2: I don't know, Joel, I've struggled with this depression, this loneliness, 200 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 2: this compromise a long time. 201 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: I think it's always going to limit me. No turn 202 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 1: it around. 203 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 2: Father, Thank you that I am free. Think you that 204 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 2: this is a new day. Think you that things have 205 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:58,319 Speaker 2: shifted in my favor. Lord, thank you that you're releasing 206 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 2: me into increase, into abundance, into good health, into great relationships, 207 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 2: into the fullness of my destiny. You weren't created to 208 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 2: struggle through life restricted by negative thinking, constrained by bad temper, insecurity, lack. 209 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 2: Those are bondages the enemy uses to try to keep 210 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 2: you from your destiny. 211 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: The good news is the enemy is not in control 212 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: of your life. God is. 213 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 2: He's the chain breaker, he's the burden remover, he's the 214 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 2: yoke destroyer. He said, I'm coming down to take off 215 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 2: of you what the enemy put on you. Now, victory 216 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 2: starts in our mind, starts in our thinking. The right 217 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 2: attitude is I'm supposed to be free. I'm supposed to 218 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 2: be healthy. I'm supposed to be blessed. I'm supposed to 219 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 2: be victorious. John Chapter five. There was a man that 220 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 2: had been crippled for thirty eight years. Every morning, his 221 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 2: family would carry him. 222 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: To the Pool of Bethesda. 223 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 2: It was known for having healing waters. Once a year, 224 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 2: when the angel troubled the water, the first person in 225 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,319 Speaker 2: would be healed. And there were all kinds of sick 226 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 2: people there, blind. 227 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: Crippled, paralyzed. 228 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 2: They would wait eagerly every day, carefully watching the water, 229 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 2: hoping they would be the one to be healed. One afternoon, 230 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 2: Jesus was passing by he saw this man that had 231 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 2: been there for thirty eight years. The scripture says this 232 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 2: man had a deep seated lingering disorder. Wasn't like he 233 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 2: had been sick for a week or had trouble for 234 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 2: a month. This was a problem that lingered thirty eight years. 235 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 2: You can imagine his mindset. This is my lot in life. 236 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 2: It's never going to change. Out of all the people there, 237 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 2: Jesus came over to the man and asked, do you 238 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 2: want to get well? 239 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: Seemed like an odd question. It's obvious he wanted to 240 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: get well. 241 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,359 Speaker 2: He was at the pool, That's why he went every day. 242 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 2: I'm an answer back, how can I get well? 243 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: I don't have anyone to help me get in the water. 244 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:06,079 Speaker 1: I'm crippled. 245 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 2: Someone always gets in ahead of me. And I don't 246 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 2: fault the man. He was only looking at it in 247 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 2: the natural, thinking I've had this sickness thirty eight years. 248 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 2: This problem's been with me most of my life. How 249 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 2: can I get well now? Sometimes we see this man 250 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 2: as negative, doubting, but The truth is he was faithful. 251 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 2: He got up each morning, he got dressed, he had 252 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 2: his family take him to the pool. 253 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: He sat there hoping that somehow it could happen. 254 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 2: Was it like he was complacent, sitting around at home complaining. 255 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 2: He did all he knew how to do, but he 256 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 2: couldn't get rid of this lingering disorder. 257 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: How many of us are like this man. We're dealing 258 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: with the lingering. 259 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 2: Disorder, problem that won't go away, the anxiety, the trouble 260 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 2: in our marriage, the addiction, the sickness. 261 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: We've done our best. God knows. We prayed, we stood 262 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: in faith. We said we weren't going to give in 263 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: to the temptation. But we weren't strong enough. We weren't 264 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,959 Speaker 1: complace it. We still showed up at work, we still 265 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 1: came to church, we still volunteered, we were still good 266 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: to others, all the while dealing with this lingering disorder. 267 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: Maybe nobody can see it. It's the loneliness we face 268 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: in the night. It's the hurt, the pain from the 269 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: trauma of the past. It's those feelings of insecurity that 270 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: won't go away. Jesus could have looked at the man. 271 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 2: He said, well, if you'd only had more faith, I 272 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 2: would have healed you if it'd only answered, yes, I 273 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 2: want to get well. If you hadn't made excuses, if 274 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 2: you hadn't just looked at. 275 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 1: It in the natural, I would have freed you from 276 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: this sickness. 277 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 2: But our God is full of mercy. He knows the 278 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 2: weight of what you're caring. He knows the struggle, the sacrifice, 279 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 2: how you're doing your best to keep it all together 280 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 2: while you're dealing with the lingering disorder child, this off course, 281 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 2: a loveless marriage, an addiction that's control in your life. 282 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 2: God sees you at the pool. He sees you praising 283 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 2: through the pain, smiling when you feel discouraged, carrying the 284 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 2: load of others when you need to be carried. It's 285 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 2: interesting that Jesus never addressed what the man said. He 286 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 2: never commented on his lack of faith. He simply looked 287 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 2: at him and said, rise, take up your bed. 288 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: And walk. Instantly, the man was healed. 289 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 2: He got up and walked out of there first time 290 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 2: thirty eight years. Can you imagine when his family came 291 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 2: to pick him up, like they had done year after year. 292 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 2: Instead they see him running toward them. 293 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: They nearly passed out. They didn't see that coming. That's 294 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: what it means to be unquestionably free. 295 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 2: No one is going to doubt the blessing of God 296 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 2: on your life. You're not only going to see it, 297 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 2: but other people are going to see it. One thing 298 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 2: this story shows us is how nothing is permanent. It's 299 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 2: never too late for God to turn it around. 300 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: You may be dealing with a lingering. 301 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 2: Disorder in the natural, it could never work out. Medical 302 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 2: reports not good. You don't have the funds, the addictions 303 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 2: too strong. Thoughts tell you you'll always struggle with your self image. 304 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 2: You're always gonna feel invarior, not valuable. Don't believe those lies. 305 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 2: Your time is coming. God has not forgotten about you. 306 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 2: He's already headed your way. You wouldn't be hearing this 307 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 2: if he wasn't about to put an end. 308 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: To that lingering disorder. 309 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 2: That problem that's hindered you so long is about to 310 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 2: suddenly turn around, the addiction, the financial difficulty, the relationship issue. 311 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 2: God is about to show up and do what you 312 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 2: never saw coming. Something that amazes you, something that catapults 313 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 2: you to a new level of your destiny, to where 314 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 2: you can. 315 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 1: Do what you never thought you could do. 316 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 2: This man never dreamed he'd be able to walk, play 317 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 2: ball with his children, dance with his wife, take a 318 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 2: stroll on the beach. That's the mercy of our God. Well, Joe, 319 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 2: this sounds good, but I don't know if I have 320 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 2: enough faith. 321 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: I don't know if I can believe for this. Neither 322 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:23,880 Speaker 1: did this man. 323 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 2: This shows us how good our God is even when 324 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 2: we don't have the faith, even when we don't. 325 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 1: Believe like we should, he still steps in and frees us, 326 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: heals us, favors us. What could you become if you 327 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,880 Speaker 1: didn't have that lingering disorder, that little voice that's convinced 328 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: you that you're not talented. Eno often you don't have 329 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: what it takes. You've made too many mistakes. How far 330 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: could you go if you didn't have that temper to 331 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 1: hold you back giving in the compromise, not being able 332 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: to forgive, or maybe it's things you were born into. 333 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 2: Lack, addictions, living with guilt and shame. The good news 334 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 2: is God is not going to leave you with that 335 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 2: lingering disorder. 336 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: It's lingered long enough. 337 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 2: This is your year to be unquestionably free, not better. 338 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 2: I'm making it okay. I don't have as many issues. No, 339 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,880 Speaker 2: get ready for total freedom, to rise, take up your 340 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 2: bed and walk. 341 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: See. 342 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 2: Jesus could have said to the man, I'm gonna get 343 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 2: you a better mat to lay on. I'm gonna get 344 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 2: you some more help, better friends, better transportation. But God's 345 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 2: idea of freedom is to not make you more comfortable 346 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 2: in dysfunction. It's to free you from the dysfunction. It's 347 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 2: to set you on a whole new path to where 348 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:50,479 Speaker 2: you look back and say that lingering disorder is no 349 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 2: longer lingering. 350 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:52,360 Speaker 1: It's gone. 351 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 2: I'm free, I'm healed, I'm competent. 352 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: My marriage is healthy, my children are blessed, my career 353 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 1: is flourishing, my mind is at peace. I'm full of 354 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 1: joy fulfilling my purpose. 355 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 2: Friends, life is too short to have things lingering that 356 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,719 Speaker 2: are holding you back. Sometimes we don't realize how restricted 357 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 2: we are and how constrained we've become. We've gotten so 358 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 2: used to going to the pool, hanging out with other 359 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 2: people that have lingering disorders. Misery loves company. Don't get 360 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 2: comfortable in dysfunction. You have to stir yourself up. You 361 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 2: have greatness in you. You are created to shine, to 362 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 2: leave your mark, to take your family to a new level. Yes, 363 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 2: I know there are seasons of struggling, enduring, being faithful, 364 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 2: but that season is not supposed to last a lifetime. 365 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: There's about to be a shift. 366 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 2: Strongholds are being broken, negative mindsets are coming down, Healing 367 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 2: is on the way, Promotion is coming. You're not gonna 368 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 2: go through another year being confined, restricted, limited. 369 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: God is doing a new thing. 370 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 2: You're about to rise, take up your bed and walk. 371 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: Now. 372 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 2: Sometimes these lingering disorders, it's just underlying pressure, always thinking 373 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 2: something is wrong, these worries. We don't realize how much 374 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 2: of our joy and creativity that takes. When I first 375 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 2: started ministering, it was difficult, but God gave me the 376 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 2: grace and the church began to grow, and our media 377 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 2: outreaches increase. TV stations started putting us on all over 378 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 2: the country. My books were taken off, we got the 379 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 2: Compact Center. 380 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 1: It was more than I could ever imagine. 381 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 2: But despite all the growth, all the favor, deep down 382 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 2: there was this feeling that something could go wrong. As 383 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 2: we gained more influence, there was more opposition. 384 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: People didn't like what we were doing. And practically every. 385 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 2: Week out here, so and so is talking about you 386 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 2: and this group, this minister, and I knew God was 387 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 2: in control, he was fighting our battles, but there was 388 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 2: still this pressure, this uneasiness to where I would have 389 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 2: to fight being worried and thinking what if it doesn't 390 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 2: work out, what if I don't know what to speak 391 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 2: on next week, or what if the funds don't come in, 392 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 2: what's gonna happen. Eleven years went by like that, and 393 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 2: I just learned to deal with that pressure and not 394 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 2: give into those thoughts. But one morning in twenty ten, 395 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 2: I woke up and noticed distinctly that that pressure wasn't. 396 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,959 Speaker 1: There, that sense of worry that something could go wrong. 397 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: I didn't feel it at all. It was like this 398 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: weight was lifted off of me. 399 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,360 Speaker 2: I felt like God said, Joel, what I have blessed 400 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 2: no person can curse. I have put you in this position, 401 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 2: and I'm going to keep you in this position. I 402 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 2: didn't know how to get rid of that pressure, but 403 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 2: the Most High God stepped in and. 404 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: Said, this lingering disorder is coming to an end. 405 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 2: What I'm saying is you're going to see some of 406 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 2: these shifts. God's going to put an end to things 407 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 2: that are draining your joy, stealing your creativity keeping you from. 408 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 1: Walking in the fullness of the blessing. 409 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 2: Because it's one thing to be blessed, but then to 410 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 2: have something where you. 411 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: Can't really enjoy the blessing. 412 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 2: There's family trouble, an addiction, a worried mindset, regrets from 413 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 2: the past. It may be there now, but that's not 414 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 2: how your story ends. God knows exactly what's hindering you. 415 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 2: He's coming down to do something about it. Deuteronomy, chapter fifteen. 416 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 2: There was a law that God gave Moses that said 417 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 2: every seventh. 418 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:41,120 Speaker 1: Year, any Hebrew slave had to be released. 419 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 2: If you were a Hebrew and you owe a person 420 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,479 Speaker 2: money but you couldn't pay, that person could take you 421 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 2: as a slave and make you work until you paid 422 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 2: them back. But every seventh year, if you were a 423 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 2: part of God's chosen people, you had an advantage. You 424 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 2: were released, no matter how much you owe, no matter 425 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 2: how much in debt you were. 426 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: In the seventh year there was freedom. 427 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 2: All this pain, suffering, heartache, and one day it was 428 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 2: all gone. This shows us how God never intended for 429 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,959 Speaker 2: his people to be a permanent slave to anything. He 430 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 2: had Moses right this law so they wouldn't live with 431 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 2: a lingering disorder, a slave to death, a slave to addiction, 432 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 2: a slave to worry. You may be dealing with some 433 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 2: negative things now, but I believe you're coming in to 434 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 2: one of your seventh years, a year where you're going 435 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:39,679 Speaker 2: to see God break limitations, free you from what's holding 436 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 2: your back, lift the load of what's been burning in 437 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 2: you down. 438 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: In this seventh year. 439 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 2: What you used to struggle with is not going to 440 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 2: be a struggle anymore. Like God did for me when 441 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 2: I felt that weight suddenly lift off. 442 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 1: God's about to lighten your load. 443 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 2: You're going to see an anointing of ease, God breathing 444 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 2: in your direction. That spirit of worry insecurity, can't sleep 445 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 2: at night. 446 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: Things are about to shift. There's going to be a peace, 447 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: a rest. 448 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 2: A new sense of joy from being stressed over those children, 449 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 2: to enjoy in your children, from worrying about that sickness to. 450 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 1: Having great health. 451 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 2: From struggling to get by, not having enough, to abundance 452 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 2: to overflow to where you can be a blessing to others. 453 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: Two thousand and three, we signed a sixty year. 454 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 2: Lease with the City of Houston for this facility, the 455 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 2: former Compact Center. We always wanted to own the building, 456 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 2: but the lease was the best way to acquire it 457 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 2: at the time. But it always bothered me that in 458 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 2: sixty years the building would go back to the city. 459 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 2: When I'm one hundred and twenty years old, I don't 460 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,439 Speaker 2: want to have to go down and renegotiate. But in 461 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 2: twenty ten, seven years later, the city was running low 462 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 2: on tax revenue and decided to sell off some of 463 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 2: their properties. They asked if we wanted to purchase the building. 464 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,479 Speaker 2: I was so excited, but at the same time kind 465 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 2: of hesitant because I didn't know what it would cost 466 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 2: a building like this to Bill New would be five 467 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 2: hundred million dollars. We told them we were interested, but 468 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 2: we had to see if it worked for us financially. 469 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 2: They said they were doing appraise on get back with us. 470 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 2: They had to appraise the building based on the fact 471 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 2: that we had the sixty year lease. We'd already prepaid 472 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,719 Speaker 2: the lease, so whoever bought it wouldn't get the building 473 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 2: for fifty three years and they wouldn't. 474 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: Get any funds. The city came back and said, we'll 475 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: sell it to you. 476 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 2: Not for one hundred million, not fifty million, not twenty million. 477 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 2: We'll sell it to you for seven million dollars. Today 478 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 2: we no longer leased the property. 479 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: We owned the property. 480 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:53,199 Speaker 2: But isn't it interesting our seventh year for seven million? 481 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: Only God could orchestrate that. 482 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 2: Where you are may look permanent, but when you come 483 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 2: into your seventh year, God's gonna do things that boggle 484 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 2: your mind. From leasing to owning, from borrowing to lending, 485 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 2: from sickness to hell, from addiction to. 486 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: Freedom from opposition, bigger. 487 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 2: And stronger, to red seas, parting from lingering disorders, things 488 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 2: that won't go away, to rising, taking up your bed 489 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 2: and walking. Get ready for a seventh year. Not partial freedom, 490 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 2: little bit better, but unquestionably free. I believe and declare 491 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 2: that you are stepping into a new season, that every 492 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 2: limitation that's been holding you back is being broken right now. 493 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 2: Things are shifting, Strongholds are coming down, favor is being released, 494 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 2: Lingering disorders are coming to an end. You're going to 495 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 2: rise higher, accomplish dreams, and become all you were created 496 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 2: to be. 497 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, if you. 498 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:59,360 Speaker 2: Receive it, can you say, amen, I'd like to give 499 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 2: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 500 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me. Just say, Lord Jesus, I 501 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 502 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. 503 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,880 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 504 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 2: born again. 505 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 1: We'd love to. 506 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 2: Send you some free information on your new walk with 507 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 2: the Lord. You can text the number on the screen 508 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 2: or go to the website. But I hope you'll get 509 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 2: into a good Bible based church and keep God first place. 510 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 2: When we face challenges, it's easy to feel like God 511 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 2: has forgotten about us. We don't see anything happening. God's 512 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 2: telling us it's not going to work out. But God 513 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 2: is not called the Great I was or the Great 514 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,880 Speaker 2: I will be. He's called the Great I Am. In 515 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,239 Speaker 2: my new book, he is I Am, you'll discover that 516 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 2: God is with you in every area of your life. 517 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 2: I Am is always in the present, not at a 518 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,439 Speaker 2: later time. God is working in your life right now. 519 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 2: I Am means I am your healer. 520 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: I am you. I am your waymaker. 521 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 2: Whether you're facing a challenge or pursuing your dreams, stay 522 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 2: in faith. 523 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: The Great I Am is right there with you. 524 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 525 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,880 Speaker 3: of any amount this month, we would like to send 526 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 3: you a copy of Joel's book, He Is I Am. 527 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 3: God is for you here and now. Are you in 528 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 3: need of protection or provision today? Jesus assures us, I 529 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 3: Am the good Shepherd. Does the path ahead seem uncertain 530 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 3: or dark? 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