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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Joe Lostine Podcast. Help us continue to 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 4: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: Visit joeloostin dot com slash give hope to give a 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 4: gift today. 32 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you. 33 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 6: It's a joy to come into your homes and if 34 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 6: you're ever in our area, please stop buy be part 35 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 6: of one of our services. I promise you'll we'll make 36 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 6: you feel right at home. I like to start with 37 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 6: something funny. And one day Adam said to God, why 38 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 6: did you make Eve so beautiful? God said, so you 39 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 6: would love her. He said, well, why did you give 40 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 6: her such long flowing hair? God said it again, so 41 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 6: you would love her. Said well, God, why'd you give 42 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 6: her such a great figure? God said the same thing, 43 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 6: so you would love her. Adam said, all right, God, 44 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 6: you made her so beautiful, so attractive. 45 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 5: Why did you make her so dumb? God said, that's easy, Adam, 46 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 5: so she would love you. And all the ladies said, amen, 47 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 5: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 48 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 5: I am what it says. 49 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 7: I am. 50 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 51 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I will be 52 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 6: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 53 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 6: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 54 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 6: the same. In Jesus' name. 55 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 5: God bless you. 56 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about you are 57 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 6: fully loaded. 58 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 5: When God created. 59 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 6: You, he put in you everything you need to fulfill 60 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 6: your destiny. 61 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 5: God is a strategic god. He's not random. 62 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 6: He didn't just create you and say, let's see what 63 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 6: they can do. 64 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 5: Let's see what happens. God is precise. 65 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 6: He's intentional down to the smallest detail. When he laid 66 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 6: out the plan for your life, he carefully studied it. 67 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 6: He thought about what you would need, what it would 68 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 6: take to get you there. 69 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 5: Then he matched you with your world. 70 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 6: He gave you the talent you need, the creativity, the 71 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 6: strength you're, the right size you have, the right looks, 72 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 6: the right personality, the right family. 73 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 5: You didn't get short changed. 74 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 6: You are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race 75 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 6: that's been. 76 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 5: Designed for you. 77 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 6: Now quit wishing you were something different. If I had 78 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 6: a better personality, then I could do something great. If 79 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 6: I came from a different family, if I wasn't so small, Joel, have. 80 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 5: A new perspective. If you needed to be taller, God 81 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 5: would have made you taller. 82 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 6: If you needed a different person, he would have given 83 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 6: you one. If you needed to be another nationality, you 84 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 6: would be another nationality. God doesn't make mistakes. You're not faulty. 85 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 6: You have been fearfully and wonderfully made. When God created 86 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,559 Speaker 6: the universe, when he flung stars into space, he said 87 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 6: that was good. When he created mountains, ocean sunsets, he 88 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 6: said that was good. When he made animals, lions, eagles, butterflies, 89 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 6: he said that was good. But when God created you, 90 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 6: when he saw how magnificent you are, how strong, how attractive, 91 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 6: how talented, God looked at you and said that was 92 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 6: very good. 93 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 5: He didn't say. 94 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 6: The solar system was very good. He didn't say the 95 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,559 Speaker 6: rocky mountains were very good. The only time he used 96 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 6: very good is when he created you. In Ephesians, he 97 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 6: calls you a masterpiece. When the creator of the universe 98 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 6: says you are very good, that means you are. 99 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 5: Bad to the bone. 100 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 6: Now, don't go around feeling shortchanged, like somehow you're lacking. 101 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 5: You didn't get enough. You can't do what they can do. 102 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 6: If you didn't get what somebody else has, that means 103 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:26,359 Speaker 6: you don't need it. Quit comparing yourself and run your race. 104 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 6: Be who God created you to be. You are an original. 105 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 6: You have something to offer the world that nobody else has. 106 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 6: Let your gift shine, show your talent, your personality, your style. 107 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 6: We don't need an imitation, We don't need a copy. 108 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 5: We need the original you. 109 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 6: But when we want what somebody else has, we wish 110 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 6: we had their looks, their talent, their personality. The truth is, 111 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 6: if you had it, it wouldn't be a blessing. 112 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 5: It would be a burden. It wasn't designed for you. 113 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 6: The reason it works for them is because it fits them. 114 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 6: They're walking in their anointing. You are not anointed to 115 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 6: be somebody else. As long as you're trying to be like. 116 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 5: Them, you'll be frustrated. 117 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 6: The anointing on your life is to be who God 118 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 6: called you to be. 119 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 5: Be confident in what you have. 120 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 6: You have the right looks, the right talent, the right personality. 121 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 6: It may not be what somebody else has, but you're 122 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 6: not running their race. When my father went to be 123 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 6: with the Lord, he had pastored Lakewood for forty years. 124 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 6: I had been behind the scenes doing the television production, 125 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 6: and when he died, I'd only ministered one time. But 126 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 6: I knew I was supposed to step up and pastor 127 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 6: the church. But I thought I needed to be like 128 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 6: my dad. After all, people had come to hear him 129 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 6: for you years, and I knew that's what they were expecting. 130 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 6: In the first few months, I tried to preach like 131 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 6: my dad and lead like my dad, but it was 132 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 6: a struggle. 133 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 5: Now I had good intentions. 134 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 6: I wanted to honor my father, but there's no grace 135 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 6: on your life to be somebody else. 136 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 5: One day I read a scripture. 137 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 6: It says an acts David fulfilled his purpose for his generation. 138 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 6: I heard something down in here say, Joel, your father 139 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 6: fulfilled his purpose. 140 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 5: Now quit trying to be like him and go out 141 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 5: and fulfill your purpose. 142 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 6: It was like a stronghold was broken in my mind. 143 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 6: I realized I'm free to be me. I quit trying 144 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 6: to imitate my father, and I stepped into my own annoying. 145 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 6: That's when the ministry began to grow. See, I've learned 146 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 6: it's easy to be me. I don't have to pretend. 147 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 6: I don't have to perform takes all the pre yure all. 148 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 6: I can relax and just be myself. When you're comfortable 149 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 6: with who you are, when you're not trying to impress people, 150 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 6: you're not trying to be something that you're not. 151 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 5: Then your own uniqueness will come out. 152 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 6: You'll be more creative, your talent will come out in 153 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 6: greater ways. The right people will show up. Why Because 154 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 6: you've stepped into the anointing on your life. 155 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 5: Be you. You are powerful when you're you. Here's the key. 156 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 6: Nobody can beat you at being you. 157 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,959 Speaker 5: You can be a better you than anybody in the world. 158 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,719 Speaker 6: You have an advantage. You've been anointed to be you. 159 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 6: When I minister, I'm more conversational. I don't get real 160 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 6: loud or real excited. But growing up, I used to 161 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 6: think to be an effective minister you had to be 162 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 6: loud and force full and dynamic. And I have minister 163 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 6: friends that are that way, and they are very powerful. 164 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 5: That's who they are. 165 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 6: But I've learned when you're who you are, you can 166 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 6: be quiet and be powerful. You can be small and 167 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 6: be powerful. You can be behind the scenes and be powerful. 168 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 6: The whole key is to be you, because when you're you, you. 169 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:22,359 Speaker 5: Activate your anointing. 170 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 6: There's a favor, a blessing, a grace that is unique 171 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 6: to your life. But too often, when we see someone 172 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 6: that's more talented, more successful, more blessed, there's a tendency 173 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 6: to be envious and think, why can't I do that? 174 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 5: I want what they have. 175 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 6: If we're not careful, before long we'll be competing with them, 176 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 6: trying to outperform them, outdress them outdrive them. 177 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 5: Outwork them. 178 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 6: The problem is you're competing with someone that's not in 179 00:09:55,080 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 6: your race. Your race is specifically for you. You are 180 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 6: not in competition with your friends, your neighbors, your co workers, 181 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 6: your siblings. 182 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 5: The only competition. 183 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 6: You have is with yourself to be the best that 184 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 6: you can be. I realize I can't preach like Bishop Jakes, 185 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 6: I can't sing like Steve Crawford. I can't do surgery 186 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 6: like my brother Paul. But I can encourage someone. I 187 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 6: can inspire a few people. I can't smile. I'm good 188 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 6: at that. Don't get distracted trying to keep up with 189 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 6: someone you were never supposed to keep up with. When 190 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 6: you understand, you are fully loaded for the race that's 191 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 6: been designed for you. Instead of competing with people, you'll 192 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 6: celebrate them. The right attitude is they may have something 193 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 6: that I don't, but that's okay. 194 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 5: I'm not running their race. 195 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 6: I'm equipped from my destiny. This is why King Saul 196 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 6: lost the throne when he saw David rising higher than him, 197 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 6: gaining more influence. Instead of celebrating David, he became jealous. 198 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 6: People started seeing Saul has defeated thousands. He was happy, 199 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 6: people are celebrating me. I've done something great. But then 200 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 6: the song continued and David has defeated. 201 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 5: Tens of thousands. 202 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 6: Saul couldn't handle anybody being in front of him. He 203 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 6: didn't realize they weren't in the same race. He wasn't 204 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 6: competing with David. If he would have been happy for him. 205 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 5: He wouldn't have missed his destiny. 206 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 6: When we start competing with people, we get distracted, We 207 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 6: lose focus. Before long, we're wasting time on things that 208 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 6: are not moving us toward our purpose. I heard a 209 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 6: quote successful people are so focused on their own goals 210 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 6: they don't have time to look around to see. 211 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:58,959 Speaker 5: What everybody else is doing. 212 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 6: Run your race, and when somebody passes you by, don't 213 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 6: be intimidated. 214 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 5: Be inspired. If God did it for them, he can 215 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 5: do it for you. 216 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 6: But if you can't celebrate people that are further along 217 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 6: than you, then you'll never get. 218 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 5: To where they are. You have to pass the. 219 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 6: Test of being happy for people that have passed you up, 220 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 6: because there will be the tendency to be jealous, start 221 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 6: finding being critical. Well, they don't deserve it. They're not 222 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 6: that talented anyway. Let me tell you some bad things 223 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 6: I heard about them. Don't fall into that trap. God's 224 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 6: showing them favor doesn't mean he's not going to. 225 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 5: Show you favor. Be happy for them. 226 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 6: And when you see someone that's blessed, they're rising higher, 227 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 6: it's easy to think, well, they've just had a lot 228 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 6: of good breaks. What you may not realize is the 229 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 6: favor on their life didn't come without pain. Emotion didn't 230 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 6: come without struggles, without them fighting off discouragement, without them 231 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 6: pressing forward when they felt like giving up. You don't 232 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,839 Speaker 6: know what it took for them to get where they are. 233 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 6: Sometimes we come in at the end of the movie, we. 234 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 5: See everything working out. They're happy, blessed, successful. 235 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 6: What we didn't see was the middle, the tears, the 236 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 6: lonely nights, the struggles. Be big enough to celebrate what 237 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 6: God's doing in their life. 238 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:32,839 Speaker 5: Don't be a saul. 239 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 6: Don't miss your destiny because your sour that somebody passed 240 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 6: you up. Their success is not stopping what God wants 241 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 6: to do in your life. 242 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 5: God didn't use up all of his favor on them. 243 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 5: It's a test. 244 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,079 Speaker 6: Are you going to compete with them, spend all your 245 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 6: energy trying to keep up, or are you going to celebrate. 246 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 5: What God has done. 247 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 6: You can tell who your true friends are, not by who. 248 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 5: Comes when you fall. 249 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 6: When you make a mistake, people will feel sorry. 250 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,439 Speaker 5: They'll show up to help you. Your truth friends are 251 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 5: the ones that show up when you succeed. 252 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 6: They celebrate when you're promoted, they're happy when God blesses you. 253 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 5: They're high five in you when you move into that 254 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 5: new house. 255 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 6: You've heard the saying it's lonely at the top. It's 256 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 6: because not everybody can handle your success, and too often 257 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 6: people get envious, jealous, critical. 258 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 5: Let's pass this test. 259 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 6: When somebody passes you by, give them a high five. 260 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 5: And keep running your race. Don't look to the left 261 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 5: nor to the right. Keep being who God's made you 262 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 5: to be. 263 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 6: One time I was out running through my neighborhood and 264 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 6: I saw this man in front of me about a 265 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 6: quarter of a mile and he. 266 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 5: Was running two and I thought, I'm going to catch him. 267 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 6: I had about a mile to go before I needed 268 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 6: to turn off and go down my path, and I 269 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 6: picked up the pace, started gaining on him, gaining on him, 270 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 6: and I was feeling better. Look what I'm doing, getting 271 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 6: closer and closer, and I finally passed him up. 272 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 5: I beat him. He didn't know we were racing, but 273 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 5: I felt good about it. 274 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 6: About that time, I realized I was so focused on 275 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 6: catching him I missed my turn. I had to turn 276 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 6: around and go back about six blocks to where I 277 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 6: was supposed to turn. That's what happens when we start 278 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 6: competing with people. 279 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 5: It's a distraction. We're running in a race. 280 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 6: We're not supposed to be in competing with people that 281 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 6: many times don't even know it. 282 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 5: If that man knew we. 283 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 6: Were racing, I'd probably still be trying to catch him. 284 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 5: He would have sped up. Don't get distracted. Run your race. 285 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 6: In the scripture, John the Baptist was baptizing people and gaining. 286 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 5: A lot of attention. 287 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 6: One point, the Jewish leaders came and wondered if he 288 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 6: was the Christ. Without missing a beat, John said, I 289 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 6: am not the Messiah. It's important to know not only 290 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 6: who you are, but to know who you're not. If 291 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 6: you don't know this, you can spend your life trying 292 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 6: to be something that you're not. John had no problem 293 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 6: saying I am not the Messiah. He was saying, I 294 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 6: don't have to be the Messiah to feel good about myself. 295 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 5: I'm content with who God made me to be. 296 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 6: If you're trying to be something you're not, you'll be frustrated. 297 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 6: There's no grace for it. It'll be a constant struggle, 298 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 6: always like it's uphill. If Saul would have understood this, 299 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 6: he could have kept the throne. 300 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 5: If he would have accepted I am not David. He's 301 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 5: defeated tens of thousands, He's done great things. I've defeated 302 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 5: a thousand. God, you bless me. It would have been 303 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 5: a different story. 304 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 6: Most of the time we're happy until we start comparing 305 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 6: and Saul heard the numbers David tens of thousands. I 306 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 6: can imagine him asking someone how many did they say, 307 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:11,959 Speaker 6: David has defeated. When they answered tens of thousands, Saw's 308 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 6: whole perspective changed. He was no longer content with his success. 309 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 6: Now he was envious, jealous. He basically spent the rest 310 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 6: of his life trying to be David. All he had 311 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 6: to do is realize I am not David. God has 312 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 6: blessed him in a different way. We have to understand 313 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 6: the sovereignty of God may not seem fair to us, 314 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 6: doesn't always make sense, but God's ways. 315 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 5: Are not our ways. 316 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 6: And the scripture talks about how God has given to 317 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 6: every person different gifts, different talents. According to our own ability. 318 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 6: Everyone doesn't get the same. But what He gave you 319 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 6: is what you need to fulfill your destiny. Whether you're 320 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 6: a Saul and you can defeat a thous or you're 321 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 6: a David and you can defeat ten thousand, the right 322 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 6: attitude is I'm going to take what God's given me 323 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 6: and make the most of it. 324 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 5: Don't compete, don't compare, just run your race. 325 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 6: In the parable, Jesus told of the talents the owner 326 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 6: gave one man one talent, another man two talents, and 327 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 6: another man five talents. 328 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 5: It seems like if God. 329 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 6: Was fair, he would have given them all the same number. 330 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 6: But God is sovereign. He may give you five talents 331 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 6: and give me two talents. He's God. I can complain 332 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 6: about the two, try to compete with you and outperform you, 333 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 6: but that doesn't change the fact that you still have 334 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:47,640 Speaker 6: five and I still have two. 335 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 5: A better approach. 336 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:54,360 Speaker 6: Is to say, God, I recognize you are sovereign, and 337 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 6: before you gave me these two talents, I didn't have any. 338 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 6: So instead of complaining about the too and competing with 339 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 6: the five, I'm going to take these two talents and 340 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 6: be the best that I can be. It takes a 341 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 6: mature person to recognize what you're not, but knowing what 342 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 6: you're not will help you stay focused on becoming who 343 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 6: you are because there will always be pressures to be this, 344 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 6: to be that, to be the other. Everyone will have 345 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,679 Speaker 6: opinions about you, but down in your heart, you know 346 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 6: who you are. You can't let the outside pressures and 347 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 6: other people squeeze you into becoming something that you're not. 348 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 6: When I first started ministering, I was young, and didn't 349 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 6: have much experience. I had a lot of people giving 350 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 6: me opinions. They told me how to lead the church, 351 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 6: how to minister, what I should speak on, and sometimes 352 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 6: it wasn't what they said, just what they inferred. I 353 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,879 Speaker 6: could feel the pressure to be who they wanted me 354 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 6: to be. 355 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 5: And they were good people. 356 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 6: But people didn't breathe life into you. People didn't lay 357 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 6: out your plan and purpose. People didn't put gifts and 358 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,439 Speaker 6: talents on the inside. And I was always respectful, but 359 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 6: I was firm a lot of their advice. When I 360 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 6: heard it, I knew it wasn't what God put. 361 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 5: In my heart. 362 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 6: I had to be bold and say I am not 363 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 6: that I am, not that I am not. 364 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 5: That this is who I am. You have to be strong. 365 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 6: It's your destiny when you come to the end of life. 366 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 6: You're not going to answer to people. You're going to 367 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 6: answer to God. 368 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 5: And people may mean well, they may love you. 369 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 6: But if it doesn't bear witness in your spirit, you 370 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 6: have to be bold and say, like John, that is 371 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 6: not who I am. 372 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 5: And here's the key. 373 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 6: You don't have to have a great gift for God 374 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 6: to use you in a great way. 375 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 5: You know what took David to the throne. 376 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 6: Wasn't his leadership skills, his ability to write music, his personality, 377 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 6: his size. What promoted David was his gift of slinging 378 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 6: a rock. He was good with a slingshot. Out in 379 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 6: the shepherd's fields. He had spent hours practicing as a 380 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 6: teenager while he was taking care of his father's sheep. 381 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 6: He could have thought, God, why didn't you give me 382 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,479 Speaker 6: an impressive gift? Why did you just give me one talent. 383 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,719 Speaker 6: I'm an expert with a slingshot. 384 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 5: Big deal. 385 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 6: That's never going to take me any place. But if 386 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 6: you'll be faithful with the gifts you have, if you'll 387 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 6: develop it, grow, learn, get better, that gift will open 388 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 6: doors to places you've never dreamed. Don't discount your gift. 389 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 6: It may seem small to you compared to others. It 390 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 6: feels insignificant, But there is nothing ordinary about you. You 391 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 6: have the fingerprints of God all over you. God made 392 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,640 Speaker 6: you in his own image. He crowned you with favor. 393 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 6: You have royal blood flowing through your veins. Don't believe 394 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 6: those lies. There's nothing special about you. You're not as 395 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 6: talented as your brother, you don't have a big personality, 396 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 6: like your friend. You don't have the design skills like 397 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 6: your coworker. Maybe not, but you do have a slingshot. 398 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 6: There's something God has given you. That slingshot may seem ordinary, 399 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 6: but when God breathes on it, you'll defeat a giant 400 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 6: twice your size. You'll be promoted beyond your talent. You'll 401 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 6: go places where you. 402 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 5: Didn't have the experience. You weren't next. 403 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 6: In line, but suddenly the door opened, Suddenly the compact 404 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 6: center is yours. Suddenly people are celebrating you. But too 405 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 6: often we look at others and think about how great 406 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 6: they are, We put them on a pedestal. But God 407 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 6: has put greatness in you. He's given you gifts, creativity, dreams. 408 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 6: He created you you to leave your mark on this generation. 409 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 6: You're not supposed to live and die and nobody knew 410 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 6: you were here. 411 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 5: There is something. 412 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 6: Significant about you, something that will cause you to stand out. 413 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 6: We're years from now, people will look back and say 414 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 6: you made the world a better place. 415 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 5: Stir up those gifts, Stir up that faith. 416 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 6: Don't get so caught up in celebrating others that you 417 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 6: don't recognize there's something. 418 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 5: In you to be celebrated. 419 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 6: Jeremiah said, your word, Oh Lord, is like fire shut 420 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 6: up in my bones. There is something shut up in you, 421 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 6: something big that's about to be released. Dreams, books, movies, inventions, businesses, ministries, 422 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 6: potential that you haven't tapped into, gifts and talents that 423 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 6: you didn't know were there. You haven't seen them yet 424 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 6: because it hasn't been the right time. 425 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 5: But your season is coming. The good break, the. 426 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 6: Promotion, the opportunity, it's on the way now. Don't be 427 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 6: surprised if there's opposition. That promotion may be disguised as Goliath. 428 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 6: That giant looks like it's there to stop you, but 429 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 6: it's a setup. 430 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 5: It's going to thrust you to a new level. 431 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 6: You're going to discover what the slingshot was all about. 432 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 6: It was a test. You proved your faithfulness. You did 433 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 6: the right thing when nobody was watching. You kept a 434 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 6: good attitude when it wasn't fair. You celebrated others when 435 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 6: you could have been jealous. 436 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 5: Now your time is coming. 437 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 6: What's been shut up in your spirit is about to 438 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:49,400 Speaker 6: be released. 439 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 5: It's going to be. 440 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 6: Bigger, more rewarding, more fulfilling than you ever imagine. It's 441 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 6: not going to come through your neighbor, through your cousin, 442 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 6: through your ball, through your pastor. It's going to come 443 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 6: through you. It's your baby, It's your time to be celebrated. 444 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 6: This is what happened in the scripture with Sarah. She 445 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 6: and her husband Abraham were very old. Sarah had been 446 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 6: bearing her whole life and not able to have children. 447 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 6: But in Genesis seventeen, God said to Abraham, I will 448 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:26,640 Speaker 6: give Sarah a son. She will be the mother of nations. 449 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 6: Kings of people will come out of her. Every circumstance 450 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 6: said it was impossible. She was out in the desert, 451 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 6: no fertility treatments, no medical. 452 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 5: Procedures, eighty years old. 453 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 6: Yet God said, you have kings in you. You have 454 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 6: nations in you. He was saying, Sarah, what I've put 455 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 6: in you is more than you can imagine. God is 456 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 6: saying the same thing to you. There are kings in you. 457 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 6: There is greatness in you. It's much bigger than what 458 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:03,880 Speaker 6: you think. Don't let circumstances. 459 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 5: Talk you out of it. You may not see how 460 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 5: it could work out. 461 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 6: God has ways to do it that you've never thought of. 462 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 6: One touch of God's favor will catapult you to the 463 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 6: next level. 464 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 5: When Sarah heard this. It was so unbelievable. She laughed. 465 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 5: She said, me, have a baby. I don't think so. 466 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:27,159 Speaker 6: She loved the idea, but since she was so old, 467 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 6: she thought the baby would have to come through somebody else. 468 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 5: So she tried to help God out. 469 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,680 Speaker 6: She had Abraham sleep with her maid and they had 470 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 6: a son. She was so excited. She said, God, you 471 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 6: did what you said. God said, Sarah, that is not 472 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 6: the promised child. I didn't put the promise in somebody else. 473 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 5: I put the promise in you. 474 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 6: At ninety years old, against all odds, she became pregnant 475 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 6: and gave birth. 476 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 5: To a son named Isaac. 477 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 6: What God put in you, he's still going to bring 478 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 6: to pass. You are pregnant with destiny. You are pregnant 479 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 6: with greatness. 480 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 5: It's not going to come through others. You're going to shine, 481 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,640 Speaker 5: You're going to excel. You're going to be promoted. You're 482 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 5: going to be celebrated. Friends. You are fully loaded. You're 483 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 5: not at a deficit. You're not lacking. You're full of. 484 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 6: Potential, full of favor. Like Sarah, you may have been 485 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 6: barren for a long time. You don't see how it 486 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 6: can happen. Get Ready, this is a new day. Things 487 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 6: are changing in your favor. I believe and declare what's 488 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 6: been shut up in your spirit is being released. Dreams 489 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 6: are being released, potential, promotion, healing, abundance, vindication. 490 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 5: Breakthroughs, the fullness of. 491 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 6: Your destiny in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, 492 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 6: can you say amen? 493 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:55,400 Speaker 5: Today? 494 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 6: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 495 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 6: the Lord of your life. 496 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? 497 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 6: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 498 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 6: into my heart. I'll make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 499 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 6: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 500 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 6: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 501 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 6: keep God first place. Victor, and I'll be right back 502 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 6: to speak of blessing over you. 503 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 504 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 4: this month, Joeln Victoria, I w'd like to send you 505 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 4: a copy of Jewel's inspirational new series Living Above and Beyond. 506 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 4: This resource will inspire you to believe that God has 507 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 4: a new level of blessing in store for you. 508 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 7: You were made in the image of God to do 509 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 7: great things, to accomplish goals, to overcome obstacles and to 510 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 7: leave your mark. 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