1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 9 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 10 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. But I'd 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: like to start with something funny. And heard about this 12 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: lady that was on an airplane reading her Bible and 13 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: the guy next to her said, you don't believe all 14 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: that stuff in there? 15 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 2: Do you? 16 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: She said, of course I do, It's the Bible. He said, 17 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: what about that guy that got swallowed by a well? 18 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: She said, you mean Jonah. Yes, I believe that too. 19 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: He said, well, how could he possibly live all that 20 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: time inside of a well? She thought about it in 21 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: a moment. I don't know. When I get to Heaven, 22 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: I'll have to ask him. He laughed and said, what 23 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,279 Speaker 1: if he's not in heaven? She said, then you'll have 24 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: to ask him saying, like you mean it. This is 25 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 26 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: have what it says I have. I can do what 27 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 1: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 28 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 29 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 30 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 31 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: to you today about the new you. We all have 32 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: times where it looks like we've reached our limits. We've 33 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: gone as far as we can in our career, facing 34 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: an obstacle that seems too big to overcome. Or maybe 35 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: we're struggling with bad habits and low self esteem, regrets 36 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: from mistakes we've made, and thoughts tell us you'll always 37 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: be this way. That's just who you are. But God 38 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: didn't create you to live with things that are holding 39 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: you back, limiting your growth, taking your peace. He didn't 40 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: create us to reach one level and stay there. He's 41 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: put potential in you that you haven't tapped into. You 42 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: haven't seen the best version of you. There's a new 43 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: you coming, a stronger you, a wiser you, a happier you, 44 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: are more competent, more powerful, more successful you. The scripture 45 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: says God has taken you from glory to glory. You're 46 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: in one level of glory now. The good news is 47 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: there's another level on the way. Don't judge yourself by 48 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: where you are today. You don't know what God is 49 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: up to. But some of these things we can't change 50 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: on our own. We've done our best and tried to resist, 51 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: worked hard, but we're not able to move forward. It's 52 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: easy to get discouraged and settle where we are. But 53 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: this is when God will step in and do what 54 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: we can't do. God knows what's too much for us. 55 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: He knows the limitations, the weaknesses that we can't coming. 56 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: He doesn't say too bad, you're stuck. He has these 57 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 1: moments already planned where He will show up and free 58 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: you and open doors and change you into something that 59 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 1: you've never imagined. The new you. It's easy to accept. Oh, Joel, 60 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: I'll always be insecure, that's just who I am. I'll 61 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: always struggle with being undisciplined. I'll never be in management, 62 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: never get into leadership. You're basing things on who you 63 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: are right now. What you can't see is the new 64 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: you that's coming. There's another version of you that'll break 65 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: out of the box, that'll have the boldness and confidence 66 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: to step into your purpose, that will see God open 67 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: new doors, bring new opportunities that cause you to bloom 68 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: and blossom and shere thoughts a whisper. Now, you'll always 69 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: be lonely. You'll always deal with this anxiety. You'll always 70 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: struggle with this addiction. Don't believe those lies. There's a 71 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: free you coming, married you coming. There's an abundant you, 72 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: a greater you, a more fulfilled you coming. First Samuel, 73 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: chapter nine, there was a young man named Saul, and 74 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: some of his father's animals got loose, and he took 75 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: a couple of friends, and they went through the hills 76 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: and valleys looking for him, but couldn't find them. They 77 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: had heard of a prophet named Samuel that lived near Biden. 78 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: They decided to go see him and ask about the animals. Well, 79 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: God had already spoken to Samuel about Saul the day before. 80 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: Verse sixteen says, about this time tomorrow, you will meet 81 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: a young man from the tribe of Benjamin, annoyed him 82 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: as the leader of Israel. He will rescue my people 83 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: from the Philistines. Saul came walking up. Samuel said, don't 84 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: worry about the animals you lost, They've already been found. 85 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: Saul nearly passed out. Samuel answered him before he asked 86 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: the question. Samuel went on to say, Saul, all of 87 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: Israel's future is in your hands. Saul was so taken 88 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: aback he said, what do you mean. I come from 89 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: the smallest tribe in all of Israel. My family is 90 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 1: the least important in that tribe. Saul could have never 91 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: planned this. This was not something he had trained for. 92 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: He was qualified. It was just the opposite. He was quiet, reserved. 93 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: He liked being in the background. He thought, Samuel, you 94 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 1: may have gotten it right about the animals, but you 95 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: got it wrong with me. I'm not a leader. I 96 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: don't have the talent, the personality, the courage. I could 97 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: never rescue our people. But Saul was judging himself based 98 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: on who he was right then, intimidated, insecure, unqualified, he 99 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: didn't realize a new person was coming, a stronger sauce, 100 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: a bolder saw, a more courageous saw. See God will 101 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: never ask you to do something and not give you 102 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: the ability to do it. When you're in situations over 103 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: your head, the obstacles too big, the dream is too great. 104 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: That's a sign that you're about to see the new you. 105 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: Samuel anointed Saul as Israel's first king. He told him 106 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: that as he traveled back home, when he passed the 107 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: Philistine camp, he would see a group of prophets that 108 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: were singing and prophesying. Verse six says at that time, 109 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: the spirit of God will come on you with power, 110 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: and you will prophesy with them, and you will be 111 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: changed into a new person. Samuel was saying, Saul, I 112 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: know you feel unqualified. I know this is over your head, 113 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: but don't worry. The Spirit of God is going to 114 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: come and change you into who you need to be. 115 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,919 Speaker 1: When he arrived at the Philistine camp, it was, just 116 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 1: like Samuel said, something rose up in Saul that he 117 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: had never felt, a boldness, a confidence, an anointing to 118 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: do what he never dreamed. He was turned into a 119 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 1: different person. You may feel like you'll always be where 120 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: you are right now, always at the same level, always 121 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: feel not enough, always struggle with your temper nor life 122 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: With Saul. God has already lined up these moments where 123 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: his spirit will come on you with great power, and 124 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: you'll be changed into a different person, into the new you. 125 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: The bolder you, the more confident you, the more talented, 126 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: the more loving, the abundant you. Don't get discouraged by 127 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: where you are right now. You haven't seen the best 128 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: version of you. See, Saul never dreamed that he'd lead 129 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: a nation. He never dreamed that he could prophesy like 130 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: those other people. It's significant that he didn't come from 131 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: a family of prophets. There were no rabbis or religious 132 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: leaders in his background. When Samuel told him he was 133 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: going to prophesy, I'm sure he thought, yeah, right, there's 134 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: not a chance in the world. But when the spirit 135 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: of God comes on you, the new you will come out, 136 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: the prophesy in you, the anointed you, the disciplines you. 137 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: This new you will go where no one in your 138 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: family has gone, where there's no history of it, no background. 139 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: But God is going to use you to set a 140 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:29,239 Speaker 1: new standard, to impact your family line for generations to come. 141 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: There will be things that God whispers in your spirit 142 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 1: that you don't see how they can happen. How you 143 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: can accomplish your dream, how you can overcome the illness, 144 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: how you can raise the children right now, you don't 145 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: feel like you have the strength to deal with it. 146 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: You don't have the courage to pursue your dream, you 147 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: don't have the talent to lead that department. That's okay. 148 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: At the right time, the spirit of God will come 149 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 1: on you and you'll be changed into a different you. 150 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: You will discover strength, ability, favor that you've never had before. 151 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: When Saul's relatives and friends heard about him prophesying, it 152 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: was so far out. Verse eleven says they were totally surprised, saying, 153 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: how on earth has Saul become a prophet? God has 154 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: some of these moments where people are going to say 155 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: about you, How on earth did you accomplish that dream? 156 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: How on earth did he marry that girl? How on 157 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 1: earth did you become the CEO? How on earth did 158 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: you break that addiction? How on earth are they having 159 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: church in a former basketball arena. People will judge you 160 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: by who you are right now, your background, your education, 161 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: your personality. They're seeing the present version of you. What 162 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: they can't see is the new you that's coming when 163 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: God changes you into a different person. Now here's the 164 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 1: beauty of this. You don't have to make this happen 165 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: work harder, perform better put in all this effort. It's 166 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: not up to you, it's up to God. And yes, 167 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: it's good to grow and be disciplined. But the new 168 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: you is not performance based. It's not dependent on how 169 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: much you can change and how much willpower you have. 170 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: If you'll strain and strive, you can see it. No, 171 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: it's not by your might, not by your power. It's 172 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: by the spirit of the Living God. His power will 173 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: come on you and do what you can't do. Our 174 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: part is simply to keep God first place. Live with excellence, integrity, kindness, 175 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: making decisions that honor God. Paul said in Philippians Too, 176 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: it is God who works in you to do his 177 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: will and act on behalf of his good purpose. God 178 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: has a good purpose for your life. He's already planned 179 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: before you were born to take your places you've never dreamed, 180 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: to bring out ability. Did know you had to overcome 181 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: obstacles that look impossible. The good news is he's working 182 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: in you. He's opening the doors, he's bringing the right people. 183 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: He's given you the talent, the wisdom, the courage to 184 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: do what He's purpose. When you understand this, it takes 185 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: the pressure off. This is not something you have to 186 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: earn and work for. This is God working in you, 187 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: acting on behalf of his good purpose, not acting on 188 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: behalf of how you were raised, how much education, how 189 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: many people are for you, how many mistakes you've made. 190 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: This is not based on our efforts. It's the most 191 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: high God bring it about what he purposed for your life. 192 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,839 Speaker 1: My father was raised during the Great Depression and his 193 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: family was very poor. They were farmers, and he went 194 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: to school with holes in his pants, holes in his shoes, 195 00:11:55,960 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: and that was before it was fashionable. But eventually he 196 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 1: had to drop out of school to work on the farm. 197 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: And his parents were good people, they were hard working, 198 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 1: but they didn't know anything about God, didn't have any 199 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: kind of faith. It looked like my father was stuck 200 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: in that limited environment, no education, no money, no opportunity. 201 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: All the circumstances said this is who you'll always be, disadvantaged, poor, 202 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: not significant, And that was all true at the time. 203 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 1: That's who he was. But God has these times where 204 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: his spirit will come on you and change it into 205 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: a different person. My father should have been stuck, but 206 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: God was working in him to bring about his good purposes. 207 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: All the circumstances may say this is who you are, addicted, angry, limited, lonely. 208 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: That may be true, but can I encourage you? The 209 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: most High God is at work on your behalf. You 210 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: are not at the mercy of how you were, raged, 211 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: what the medical report says, bad breaks that have set 212 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: you back. There is a power working in you greater 213 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: than anything trying to stop you. What God is purpose 214 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: for your life will come to pass. No person can 215 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: stop it. No bad break, no sickness, no addiction. God 216 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: controls the universe. He has the power to change you 217 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: into a different person, from a broke you to a 218 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 1: blessed you, from a sick you to a health of you, 219 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: from a depressed you to a happy you, from an 220 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: addicted you to a free you, from a stuck you 221 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 1: to a propelled you. Don't believe those lies that this 222 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: is who you'll always be. There's a new you coming. 223 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: God is working in you right now. You're about to 224 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: step into a prosperous you, a happier you, a more 225 00:13:55,240 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: fulfilled you. Where like Saul, God surprises you gifts you 226 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: didn't know, you had, opportunity that you didn't see coming, 227 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: influence that catapults you ahead. My father had a friend 228 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 1: in high school named Sam Martin, and he'd get to 229 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: school early and write scripture verses on the chopboard. He 230 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: is always talking to my father about God and how 231 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: he needed to give his life to Christ. But my 232 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: father didn't want to hear that. He thought Sam was 233 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: far out. But it's seventeen years old. Walking home from 234 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: a nightclub at two o'clock in the morning, for some reason, 235 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: my father began to think about God. He looked up 236 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: at the stars and wondering what he was going to 237 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: do with his life. The next morning, he called Sam 238 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: and said he wanted to go to church. They walked 239 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: in and sat on the back road. First time in church. 240 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: At the end, the pastor invited people to the front 241 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: to receive Christ. Daddy wouldn't go. He was too afraid. 242 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: Sam said, John, if you'll go, i'll go with you. 243 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: They walked down together. My father gave his life to Christ. 244 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: He felt this calling to become a minister, but his 245 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: parents didn't understand. They told him that if he left 246 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: the farm he would fail, that he didn't know how 247 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: to minister. They still saw him as limited, mediocre, not talented. 248 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: But people don't determine who you are. They can't see 249 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: what God is making you into. My father had to hitchhike. 250 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: He didn't have any money, but he left home and 251 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: he went out and started ministering in prisons and in 252 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: the senior citizens' homes, and God began to open doors. 253 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: He pastored great churches. He and my mother started Lakewood 254 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: and he pastored here for forty years. He broke a 255 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: spirit of poverty and limited vision off of our family 256 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: and brought us into new levels of God's goodness. But 257 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: what caused my father to think about God walking home 258 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: from that night club? That wasn't random. That was God 259 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: working in him, bringing about his good plan, drawing my 260 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: father into his destiny. Why was Sam Martin so outspoken 261 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: about his faith? Why wouldn't he leave my father alone? 262 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: That was God lining up the right people. Why did 263 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: my father want to pastor a church, leave the farm? 264 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: It enemy training, that was way over his head. That 265 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: was God putting the desires in him to step in 266 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: to what he had planned. You may have areas where 267 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: you feel stuck, you're limited, there's dysfunction. That may be 268 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 1: who you are now. But like my father, there's a 269 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: different person coming. There's a new you. A victorious you, 270 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: a bless you, a confident you, a powerful you. God 271 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: is working in you right now to bring about his purpose. 272 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: He's already lined up the right people, like Sam and 273 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: my father, people that will push you into your destiny. 274 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: This is what happened with Peter. Jesus was on the 275 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: shore of Galilee teaching the people and was so crowded. 276 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: He saw Peter folding his nets, and Jesus asked if 277 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: he could borrow his boat to teach out of him. 278 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: Peter had never met Jesus, but he agreed. When Jesus finished, 279 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: he told Peter to throw his nets back out. When 280 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: he did, he caught so many fish that his nets 281 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: began to break. Peter came to the shore, fell on 282 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,479 Speaker 1: his knees, and said, Lord, please leave me. I'm too 283 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: much of a sinner to be around you. Peter was 284 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: rough fishermen were known for cursing. He was hot tempered, 285 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: he had flaws and weaknesses. Jesus said, no, Peter, from 286 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,959 Speaker 1: now on, you're going to be fishing for men. He 287 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: chose Peter as his first disciple. You would think Jesus 288 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: would find someone from the synagogue, a rabbi, a religious leader, 289 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: but God doesn't choose the way we choose. Peter could 290 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: have said, no, thanks, Jesus, not going to follow you. 291 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: I don't know anything about faith or religion. I don't 292 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: fit into that mold. But the scripture says he left 293 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: everything to follow Jesus. One minute he's fishing, the next 294 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 1: minute he's a disciple. Nobody saw this coming. Peter thought 295 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: he would always be a fisherman, but God was working 296 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: in him to bring about the good purpose for his life. 297 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: This was the new Peter, not the unworthy Peter, but 298 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 1: the Peter that believed he was chosen. Not the Peter 299 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: that would fish for a living, but the Peter who 300 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,159 Speaker 1: would tell a crippled man to rise and walk and 301 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: they were healed. The Peters whose shadow caused people to 302 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: get well. This was the powerful Peter, the anointed Peter, 303 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: the influential Peter. He never saw this coming, but God 304 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:57,479 Speaker 1: changed him into a different person. There are versions of 305 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: you that you haven't seen. Like with Peter, there's a 306 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: more influential you coming. There's a more powerful you, a 307 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:11,919 Speaker 1: more gifted you, a stronger, happier, healthier you. This is 308 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: not something that you have to make happen. It wasn't 309 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: Peter's faith, wasn't Peter's determination, Jesus called him, wasn't Saul's 310 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: effort or even Saul's dream to become a king. Samuel 311 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: came to him. God has these times where his spirit 312 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: is going to come on you in a powerful way 313 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 1: and change you into a different person. I work behind 314 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,199 Speaker 1: the scenes here at Lakewood for seventeen years doing the 315 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 1: television production. I never wanted to be in front of people. 316 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: I'm naturally more quiet and reserved, and I thought that's 317 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,199 Speaker 1: what I would do the rest of my life. But 318 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 1: when my father suddenly passed, I knew I was supposed 319 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: to step up and pass to the church. I never 320 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: wanted to before. My father tried to get me up here, 321 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: and I always told him no. All of a sudden 322 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: I had the desire. I wanted to do it, but 323 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: in my mind, these thoughts told me that I wasn't 324 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: talented enough. I was going to get up there and fail. 325 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 1: But God will always give you the grace to do 326 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: what He's called you to do. He'll never let the 327 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: opposition be so strong or the voice is so loud 328 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: that you can't move forward. I was afraid. I was intimidated, 329 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: but down in my spirit I could feel a supernatural power, 330 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: a courage, a strength that I had never felt. It 331 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,919 Speaker 1: wasn't just willpower, determination. It was God working in me, 332 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: acting on my behalf. It wasn't just up to me. 333 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: The most High God was doing what I couldn't do, 334 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 1: empowering me, enabling me. Sometimes when I'm at home, flipping 335 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: through the channels and I see myself on television, I think, 336 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 1: how in the world did I get up there? Who 337 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: is that person? Friends of mine come back from the 338 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 1: high school. Joel, I thought you'd be a minister. I 339 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: think I can't believe it either. I didn't see this coming. 340 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 1: When my father died, my mother told people that she 341 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 1: thought it would be anyone except Joel to pass the church. 342 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: Maybe my sister Lisa, she's a great minister. My brother 343 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: Paul had two brothers in law. But when I told 344 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: my mother that I wanted to pass her, she looked 345 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: at me and said, are you sure, Joel? God is 346 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 1: going to put you in situations where you feel over 347 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: your head, outnumbered, not qualified. Don't worry. You're not doing 348 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,959 Speaker 1: this on your own. His spirit will come on you 349 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: in a powerful way. You will step into talent ability, confidence. 350 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: You've never seen doors opening that you couldn't open, overcoming 351 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: obstacles that should have held you back. It's going to 352 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: be uncommon, unusual. It's the new you, the better you, 353 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: the more talented you. It's the next level you. You 354 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: wouldn't be here hearing this if God wasn't about to 355 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:06,120 Speaker 1: do something out of the ordinary in your life. May 356 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: feel like this is who you'll always be. Don't get ready. 357 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: There's about to be a supernatural breakthrough or supernatural healing, 358 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: supernatural provision where you look back and say, like Saul, 359 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: God changed me into a different person. I never dreamed 360 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: I would be here. That's God working out his good 361 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: purpose for your life. Friend of mine has been healthy 362 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: and hold his whole life, But nineteen years old, he 363 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: started losing weight and had trouble with his digestive system 364 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: and caused terrible nausey and so much pain. They went 365 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 1: to the best doctors and found the different specialists, but 366 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,919 Speaker 1: they couldn't find out what was wrong. Few months he 367 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: had lost eighty pounds. He was skinning bones in a wheelchair. 368 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: He was finally diagnosed with Crohn's disease, an incurable chronic 369 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: illness that affects the immune's system. The doctor said he 370 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: had the worst case he'd ever seen and that he 371 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't live much longer. When this young man looked in 372 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: the mirror, he saw a sick, weak, defeated man staring 373 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: back at him. All the circumstances said he was done. 374 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: But God is working in you to bring about his 375 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: good purpose. Sometimes the odds are too much for us, 376 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: the giants too strong. But you're not in this by yourself. 377 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: The most High God is fighting for you. He knows 378 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: how to change you into a different person, from sick 379 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 1: to healthy, from weak to strong, from struggling to get 380 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: by to thriving in life. And this young man could 381 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 1: have given up, but he believed that God has the 382 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 1: final saying that things were changing in his favor. Medicines 383 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: didn't help him, but he changed his diet and God 384 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: began to give him wisdom about what to eat. Understanding 385 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: in nutrition. He began to get better and better. The 386 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 1: doctors were baffled, but by his twenty first birthday, he'd 387 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,879 Speaker 1: gained all the weight back. He weighed one hundred and 388 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:16,880 Speaker 1: eighty pounds and was completely free from that disease. Now 389 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 1: you may be fighting in illness today. The medical reports 390 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: not good. Stay encouraged. There's a new you coming, a 391 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 1: healthy you, a strong you, a vibrant you. God is 392 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: not finished with you, he said, the number of your 393 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: days he will fulfill. Sometimes medical science runs out of options. 394 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 1: They do the best they can. But God can do 395 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 1: what medicine cannot do. He never runs out of options 396 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: like he did for my friend. There's a turnaround coming 397 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,959 Speaker 1: in your health where the spirit of God comes on 398 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,719 Speaker 1: you in a powerful way, turns you into a different person. 399 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: No more sick, defeated, weak, but healthy, whole, victorious, the 400 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: new you. When Samuel chose Saul as the King of 401 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 1: Israel and he was turned into a different person, the 402 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 1: scripture says that God put a new heart in Saul. 403 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: He gave him new desires, new perspectives, and new ways 404 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 1: of seeing himself. Sometimes what's limiting us are wrong mindsets, 405 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: holding on to unforgiveness, reliving hurts, traumas from the past. 406 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: There's regrets, guilt from mistakes we've made. We're beating ourselves up. 407 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: These unhealthy thoughts and attitudes caused us to get stuck 408 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: in a negative cycle where often we're self sabotaging, and 409 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: some people have tried to get free, but they weren't able. 410 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: And others don't realize these toxins are poisoning their heart, 411 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 1: affecting their attitude, relationships, their vision. God, in his mercy, 412 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: is going to do for you what he did for Saul. 413 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: He's going to give you a new heart, put the 414 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: right desires in you, the power to forgive, to be 415 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: positive towards yourself, to love the people in your life, 416 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 1: to expect good things. It's not going to leave you 417 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: stuck in unhealthy mindsets. Part of this new you is 418 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 1: a new heart, a new attitude, new self image, new perspectives. 419 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: Now stay in agreement with God. The enemy would love 420 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: for you to live discouraged thinking this is all you'll 421 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 1: ever be. The truth is you haven't seen the best 422 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: version of you yet. God is at work right now 423 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,400 Speaker 1: to bring about his good purpose in your life. Remember 424 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: you don't have to make it happen. Just keep in 425 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: first place, and His spirit is going to come on 426 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 1: you in great power and do what you couldn't do. 427 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: I believe and declare the new You is coming. The 428 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 1: more confident you, the more talented you, the more blessed 429 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: the more disciplined, the abundant you, the stronger you, the 430 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: victorious you, the next level you in Jesus' name, and 431 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like 432 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 1: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 433 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 434 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 435 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,399 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 436 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again, and we'd 437 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,919 Speaker 1: love to send you some free information on your new 438 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,399 Speaker 1: walk with the Lord. You can text the number on 439 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: the screen or go to the website. But I hope 440 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: you'll get into a good Bible based church and keep 441 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 1: God first place. When was the last time you asked 442 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 1: God to do something that seemed impossible? If you only 443 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: pray small, ordinary prayers, you live a small, ordinary life. 444 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: I have a new book called Pray Bold. I'll challenge 445 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 1: you your faith and believe for the big things God 446 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: puts in your heart. Victoria and I used to have 447 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 1: seasoned tickets to watch the Rockets play basketball here. We 448 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: never dreamed it could be ours when they moved out. 449 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: Somehow we had the faith to pray a bold prayer. 450 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: God made things happen that we could never make happen. 451 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: It's the same for you, who knows what God will 452 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: do in your life. If you'll dare to pray bold, 453 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,959 Speaker 1: ask him for your dreams, ask for your healing, as 454 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,959 Speaker 1: for your freedom. That's when God will show up and 455 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 1: do more than you could ever imagine. 456 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,880 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 457 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 2: of any amount, this month, we would like to send 458 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 2: you a copy of Jeel's brand new book, Pray Bold, 459 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 2: Dare to Ask and Believe Big. Joel shares that when 460 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 2: we pray, we can tap into God's creative, awesome power, 461 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 2: something bigger than we have ever imagined. God doesn't want 462 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 2: us to just pray in our comfort zones. No, God 463 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 2: loves when we pray big big, expect him to do 464 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 2: the unexpected. There are inspiring stories from the Bible, from history, 465 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 2: and personal testimonies of people who dared to believe God 466 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 2: in extraordinary ways. You'll learn how to practically expand your 467 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 2: prayers and watch your life move from the common to 468 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 2: the extraordinary, from less than to overflowing. Be sure to 469 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 2: request your copy of Prey Bold today. Visit Joeloustein dot 470 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 2: com or call us tool free. 471 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: God has put dreams in your heart, things He's whispered 472 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: in the night that seem impossible. But as you pray 473 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: these bold prayers, you're going to see the goodness of 474 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: God in ways you've never seen victor in our belief, 475 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 1: and you're gonna have a great twenty twenty five. We 476 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 1: pray for you and your family every day for God's 477 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: very best. We want to thank you for your prayer 478 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,959 Speaker 1: and your support. You're impacting people all over the world. 479 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of prey Bold today, 480 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 2: visit Joeloustein dot com or call us tool free. Finally, 481 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 2: elevates your personal time with God by requesting the My 482 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 2: Time with God collection. 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