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You can go 43 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 5: to our YouTube channel and watch the messages anytime, or 44 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 5: you can follow us on social media. I promise you 45 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 5: we'll keep it encouraged and inspired. But thanks for tuning in. 46 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 5: Thanks again for coming out today. I like to start 47 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 5: with something funny, and I heard about this kindergarten teacher. 48 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 5: She was trying to explain to her students about self esteem. 49 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 5: She said to her class, anyone who feels like you're dumb, 50 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 5: please stand up. She didn't think anyone would stand and 51 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 5: she would make the point how no one is dumb. 52 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:31,959 Speaker 4: About that time little. 53 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 5: Johnny stood up, she thought, Oh no, what am I 54 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 5: going to say? She said, now, Johnny, do you really 55 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 5: feel like you're dumb? 56 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 4: He said no, ma'am. 57 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,679 Speaker 5: I just hate to see you standing there all by yourself. 58 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 59 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 60 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 61 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 62 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 63 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name. 64 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 4: God bless you. 65 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about stronger than 66 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 5: you think. We all face pressure in life and times 67 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 5: where we could feel overwhelmed. The obstacle looks too big. 68 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 5: We never dream we'd be dealing with this sickness. We 69 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 5: thought this trouble at work would be over by now. 70 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 5: It's easy to feel like it's too much, we. 71 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 4: Can't take it anymore. 72 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 5: But the scripture says, God will never let us face 73 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 5: more than we can handle, but he will make a 74 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 5: way of escape so you will be able to bear it. 75 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 5: When God designs you, he took into account everything you 76 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 5: would face, every struggle, every unfair situation, every setback, and 77 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,839 Speaker 5: he put in you the strength, the courage, the determination 78 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 5: to withstand it. When you feel overwhelmed, like the pressure 79 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 5: is too much, it's because you're stronger than you think. 80 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 4: You haven't discovered that's in you. 81 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 5: You'll never know how strong you really are until you 82 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 5: face pressure that you've never faced. It may seem unbearable, 83 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 5: but the fact that God allowed. 84 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 4: It means that you can handle it. 85 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 5: He didn't say he would make a way of escape 86 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 5: so you could run from it, so you can avoid it. 87 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 4: He said so you can bear it. 88 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 5: You can look back at times, well, you didn't think 89 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 5: you could go on. The pressure seemed unbearable, but somehow 90 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 5: it didn't defeat you. You had the strength to get 91 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 5: up another day. You kept going when you didn't feel 92 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 5: like you had anything left Why didn't it break you? 93 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 5: Because you were stronger than you thought. God designs you 94 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 5: to handle that pressure. He wouldn't have allowed you to 95 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 5: get in it if He hadn't already put in you 96 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 5: what you needed. 97 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 4: To handle it. 98 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 5: You will always be able to bear whatever comes your way. 99 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 5: I read about a little fish. It's called the Marianna snailfish. 100 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 5: It lives at the very bottom of the ocean, almost 101 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 5: five miles underwater. No other fish can survive at that depth. 102 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 5: The pressure is more than a thousand times than at 103 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 5: the surface. 104 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 4: It would crush any other fish. 105 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 5: But when God designed this small fish, he made its 106 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 5: bones flexible so they can withstand the pressure. 107 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 4: They have special cells. 108 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 5: And a unique digestive system. Most fish have one gene 109 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 5: to stabilize proteins, but this fish has five. Because they're 110 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 5: designed to handle the pressure. They don't live burdened, struggling, overwhelmed. 111 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 5: They thrive in the same way. When God designs you, 112 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 5: he knew what pressures you would face. Financial pressure, relationship pressure, pressure, 113 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 5: raising children, pressure, dealing with an illness. If that pressure 114 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 5: was going to crush you, if it was going to 115 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 5: be unbearable, then God wouldn't have put you there. He 116 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 5: doesn't make mistakes. Anything you face, you have to remind 117 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 5: yourself you can handle it. You've been designed for it. 118 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 5: You wouldn't be at that depth if the pressure was 119 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 5: going to defeat you. 120 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 4: Now you have to get in agreement with God. 121 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 5: If you go around thinking this is too much, I 122 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 5: can't raise these kids. This pressure at work is overwhelming. 123 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 5: That's going to defeat you. The scripture talks about how 124 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 5: you are full of can do power. 125 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 4: You are well able. 126 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 5: To overcome opposition, to outlast adversity. But I've learned can 127 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 5: do power doesn't do you any good. If you have 128 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 5: a can't do mentality. Quit looking at all the things 129 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 5: you can't do. 130 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 4: Have a new perspective. I can do all things through Christ, 131 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 4: who strengthens me. 132 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 5: This obstacle may be big, but I can overcome it. 133 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 5: This trouble is taken longer than I thought, but I 134 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 5: can outlast it. This situation feels overwhelming, but I can 135 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 5: handle it. I've been designed for it. I'm strong, I'm anointed, 136 00:06:59,040 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 5: I'm equipped. 137 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 4: Don't have a weak mentality. 138 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,799 Speaker 5: You weren't created to fall apart when pressure comes. 139 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 4: You are stronger than you think. 140 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 5: You are more favored than you think you are more 141 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 5: anointed than you think. Like God designed that small fish 142 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 5: with special cells bones to withstand the pressure, how much 143 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 5: more has God designed you with special strength, with courage, 144 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 5: with fortitude, with stamina. When you start seeing yourself as strong, empowered, well. 145 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 4: Able, you won't be overwhelmed. 146 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 5: You'll discover strength that you didn't know you had. This 147 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 5: is what happened to Gideon. He was hiding in the 148 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 5: wine press, afraid of the Midianites. 149 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 4: They had surrounded his city. 150 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 5: You can imagine the pressure he was under him, how 151 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 5: he felt overwhelmed, wondering what was going to happen. Just 152 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 5: when it seemed like he couldn't bear it anymore, an 153 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 5: angel showed up and. 154 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 4: Said, mighty hero, the Lord is with you. 155 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 5: When translation says valiant man of fearless courage, Gideon didn't 156 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 5: feel like a mighty hero. He was hiding, He didn't 157 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 5: feel courageous. He was weak, intimidated. The angel was saying, 158 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 5: in effect, Gideon, you are stronger than you think. You're 159 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 5: letting the situation overwhelm you. You think it's unbearable, but 160 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 5: I'm here to tell you you've got. 161 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 4: What it tasts. 162 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 5: You're courageous, Your talented, your favor, you're well able. 163 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 4: Gideon didn't know what was in him. 164 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 5: He saw what was around him, enemies that looked too big, 165 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 5: opposition that seemed insurmountable. The Angel showed up to remind 166 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 5: him of what was in him. The angel went on 167 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 5: to say, Gideon, you are to lead the people of 168 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 5: Israel against the Midianites. Even though he saw an angel, 169 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 5: he still wasn't convinced. 170 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 4: He said, are you kidding? I come from the poorest family. 171 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 4: I'm the lead in my father's house. 172 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 5: He was saying, you're calling me strong, You're calling me 173 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 5: a hero. Do you know my background? Do you know 174 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 5: where I come from? Do you see what I'm up against? 175 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 5: Gideon didn't understand that God won't let you get in 176 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 5: a situation if he hasn't already. 177 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 4: Equipped you for it. 178 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 5: If it was going to be too much to bear, 179 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 5: too big to defeat, God wouldn't have allowed it. 180 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 4: The fact that you're in it. 181 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 5: Means you can handle it now, Like Gideon, you may 182 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 5: not think so. 183 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 4: The odds are against you. It feels overwhelming. 184 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 5: You are stronger than you think, You are more powerful 185 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 5: than you think. The most High God is breathing on 186 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 5: your life. He's saying to you today, mighty hero, Rise up, 187 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 5: mighty hero, Stand strong, mighty hero. 188 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 4: You are well able. 189 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 5: You would think after the angel called him a hero, 190 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 5: Gideon would be full of faith, ready to new graund. 191 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 4: He still wasn't convinced. God could have thought, get in 192 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:05,199 Speaker 4: forget about it. 193 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 5: If you don't know what you have, if you see 194 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 5: yourself as weak, I'll go find somebody else. 195 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 4: But God never gives up on us. 196 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 5: You may think all the reasons why you can't overcome, 197 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 5: why that problem's to be, how it's unbearable. But God 198 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 5: is going to keep calling you a mighty hero. He's 199 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 5: going to keep telling you that you're stronger than you think. 200 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 5: He's going to keep pushing you forward, showing you signs 201 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 5: of his favor. 202 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 4: Gideon and one of his men snuck down to the 203 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 4: enemy's camp to see what was going on. 204 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 5: Several armies had united to fight the Israelites. Gideon only 205 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 5: had three hundred men, seemed impossible, But just as they 206 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 5: crept up, they overheard one of the Midianites telling about 207 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 5: a dream that he had. 208 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 4: The other Midianites said, I know exactly what that dream means. 209 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 5: God has given Gideon and the Israelites victory over all 210 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 5: of us. When Gideon heard that something came alive on 211 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 5: the inside, he returned to camp shouted to his men, 212 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 5: get up. God has given us the victory. He no 213 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 5: longer felt weak, overwhelmed, intimidated. 214 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 4: He knew he was well able. 215 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 5: At midnight, they attacked the enemy's army, even though they 216 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 5: were greatly outnumbered. Gideon and the Israelites won the victory. 217 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 5: But I don't think we would be talking about Gideon 218 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 5: if the angel had not told him that he was 219 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 5: stronger than he thought, If the Angel had not called 220 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 5: him a mighty hero, if he had not challenged him 221 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 5: to see himself differently, Gideon would have. 222 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 4: Missed his destiny. You're not hearing this by accident. 223 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 5: God is saying to you, you're stronger than you think. 224 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 4: You're bigger than what you're up against. 225 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 5: You were created to overcome, born with what you need 226 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 5: to defeat what's trying to stop you. You may feel weak, intimidated, overwhelmed. 227 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 4: That's okay. 228 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 5: God made us with feelings. I'm not saying don't feel things. 229 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 5: I'm saying, don't let feelings have the final say. Don't 230 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 5: let your feelings run your life. You have to go 231 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 5: by what you know, not by what you feel. When 232 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 5: you're weak, you need to say I am strong. When 233 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 5: you feel overwhelmed, you need to say I can do 234 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 5: all things through Christ. When you feel intimidated, you need 235 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 5: to say I am a mighty hero. When the pressure 236 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 5: feels too much, you need to say I am well able, 237 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 5: I can handle it. It's significant that Gideon heard what 238 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 5: the enemy was saying about him. That's what convinced him 239 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 5: to see himself the right way. If you could hear 240 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 5: the enemy talking about you, he'd be saying, that's William, 241 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 5: don't mess with him. 242 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 4: He serves the most high God. 243 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 5: That's Maria, that's Susie. You better be careful. 244 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 4: They're powerful, they're favored, they're strong. 245 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 5: Sometimes the enemy knows who we are more than we 246 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 5: know who we are. God is not only saying you 247 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 5: are stronger than you think, but even the enemy is saying, 248 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 5: if they find out who they are, surely they will 249 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 5: defeat us. If they realize they are a mighty hero, 250 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 5: then we are no match for them. Are you seeing 251 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,079 Speaker 5: yourself the right way? Have you discovered what's in you? 252 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 5: That situation that seems overwhelming, that pressure, that feels unbearable. 253 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 5: It's not there to defeat you, but to help you 254 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 5: discover strength that you didn't know you had. You're not weak, 255 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 5: you're not at a disadvantage. 256 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 4: You're a mighty hero. 257 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 5: You are a man, a woman of fearless courage. The 258 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 5: pressure on the outside may be great. Other people may 259 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 5: not be able to take it, but. 260 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 4: God knew you would face it. 261 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 5: That's why, like that little fish, He's already given you 262 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 5: what you need, not just to survive. That's one thing 263 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 5: we make it through life. Burden down, feeling unbearable. You 264 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 5: weren't created to survive, but to thrive. When things that 265 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 5: should be unbearable, you've tapped into strength that you didn't 266 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 5: know you had. You still give God praise. You still 267 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 5: shine at work, you still accomplish great dreams. Don't go 268 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 5: your whole life and never discover what's in you. 269 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 4: You are stronger than you think. 270 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 5: Think about a little seed, just a quarter of an 271 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 5: inch long, doesn't look like much. 272 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 4: You put that seed in the ground. 273 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 5: The dirt that's on top of it is thousands of 274 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 5: times heavier and more powerful. The little seed could think 275 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 5: just my luck. I was doing fine. Then someone put 276 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 5: me in this dirt someone buried me. But what that 277 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 5: seed doesn't know is God already took into account that 278 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 5: one day it would be buried. One day it would 279 00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 5: feel overwhelmed, be surrounded by pressure and forces were much greater. 280 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 5: So God put in that seed supernatural life, supernatural strength, 281 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 5: supernatural ability. After it's buried, been in the dark, looks 282 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 5: like it's over, the seed will germinate, It will open 283 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 5: up somehow begin to push the dirt out of the way. 284 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 5: That seed didn't realize it was designed to be buried. 285 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 4: It was designed to have dirt put on it. 286 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 5: God knew it would face opposition that looked much bigger. 287 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 4: That's why he put in it strength to push up dirt, 288 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 4: strength to. 289 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 5: Move something many times stronger. God was showing us it's 290 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 5: not the size of what you're up against. What matters 291 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 5: is what the Creator put in You. Don't be intimidated 292 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 5: by how big the opposition is, by how bad the 293 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 5: medical report looks, by how powerful. 294 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 4: The people are against you. 295 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 5: Like that little seed, you have the life of Almighty God. 296 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 4: You have the favor of God. God can do power. 297 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 4: You are stronger than you think. 298 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 5: When that seed is buried, I can hear the dirt laughing, 299 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 5: saying you're done now. 300 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 4: You don't have a chance. 301 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 5: I'm so much more powerful than you. The seed could panic, 302 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 5: live overwhelmed. 303 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 4: What am I gonna do? 304 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 5: But this seed knows the secret. It says, Hey, mister dirt, 305 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 5: I may look small. I know I'm at a disadvantage 306 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 5: right now. I know you're much bigger, but I'm not worried. 307 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 5: I'm stronger than I look. I'm more powerful than I appear. 308 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 5: I have something in me that's not ordinary, it's not common. 309 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 4: I have the life of Almighty God. 310 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 5: The dirt says, big deal, I'm still hundreds of times 311 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 5: more powerful. But in a few weeks, the little seed 312 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 5: opens up. It begins to push the dirt back, push 313 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 5: it back, push it back. Before long, the seed has 314 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 5: come up out of the ground. Now it's a beautiful 315 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 5: bush with blooming flowers. 316 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 4: In the same way, things that. 317 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 5: Look like they're going to overwhelm you looks like it's 318 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 5: too much to bear. Remember this phrase, you are stronger 319 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 5: than you think. 320 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 4: God knew it was coming. 321 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 5: He's already put things on the inside that you can't 322 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 5: see right now. But at the appointed time, you're going 323 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 5: to push back the dirt. You're going to come out 324 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 5: of what's holding you back. Not like you were, but 325 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 5: you're going to bloom. You're going to blossom, go to 326 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 5: new levels, accomplish greater goals. Don't be fooled by the dirt. 327 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 5: The dirt is getting you. 328 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 4: Ready to flourish. 329 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 5: There are things in your destiny that can only happen 330 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 5: with the dirt. If you weren't buried, so to speak, 331 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 5: you would never see what's in your seed. 332 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 4: You wouldn't reach your potential. You can keep a seed 333 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 4: on a shelf for. 334 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 5: Years, that's nice, doesn't have to get dirty, doesn't have 335 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 5: to be uncomfortable, but that seed would never become what 336 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 5: it was created to be. It may be an apple's seed, 337 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 5: there are apple orchards in that one seed, but it 338 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 5: will never produce a single apple without the dirt. The 339 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:12,119 Speaker 5: challenge is when we get dirt on us, when we 340 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 5: face things we don't understand, it feels overwhelming. 341 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 4: It's easy to. 342 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,919 Speaker 5: Get discouraged, give up on our dreams. God, why is 343 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 5: this happening that's going to keep the. 344 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 4: Seed from germinating. 345 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:28,679 Speaker 5: The right attitude is this dirt is not stopping my destiny. 346 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 5: It's taking me into my destiny. God wouldn't have allowed 347 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 5: the dirt if it was going to keep you from 348 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 5: your purpose. The problem may look too big, The sickness 349 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 5: looks too great. 350 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,919 Speaker 4: The trouble is not turning around. Can I tell you 351 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:45,679 Speaker 4: are stronger than you think. 352 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 5: You can endure more than you think. That dirt is 353 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 5: not going to defeat you. 354 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 4: It's going to promote you. 355 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,959 Speaker 5: Numbers, Chapter eleven, Moses felt overwhelmed. He was leading the 356 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:02,399 Speaker 5: Israelites through the desert, two million people toward the Promised Land. 357 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,880 Speaker 4: They were complaining, we're. 358 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 5: Tired of eating this same food. We liked it better 359 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 5: in Egypt. Why did you bring us out here in 360 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 5: the desert? Moses said in verse eleven, God, why did 361 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 5: you lay the burdens of all these people on me? 362 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 4: They're not my children. I'm not able to bear this 363 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 4: on my own. It's too heavy for me. He felt 364 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 4: so pressured and so stressed. 365 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 5: He said, God, I would rather you kill me than 366 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 5: have me carry this heavy load. Felt unbearable, like he 367 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 5: couldn't take it anymore. God had him call seventy elders, 368 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 5: seventy men that could help him. In verse seventeen, God said, 369 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 5: I will take some of the spirit that's on you, 370 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,120 Speaker 5: and I will put it on these men. They will 371 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 5: help you carry the burden. One principle, of course, is 372 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 5: you have to delegate. You can't do everything by yourself. 373 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 5: But it's interesting that God didn't say, I'm going to 374 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 5: take some of my spirit put it on these men. 375 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 5: He said, Moses, I'm going to take some of. 376 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 4: Your spirit and put it on them. 377 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 5: Do you see how strong Moses was, even though he 378 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 5: couldn't do the work of all seventy God said, you 379 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 5: have so much potential. You have so much you haven't 380 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 5: tapped into. I'm going to take from you and give 381 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 5: it to them. Imagine God taking from what's in you 382 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 5: and giving it to seventy people and you still being 383 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 5: able to do great things. That's how strong you are. 384 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 5: That's how powerful you are. That's how anointed you are. 385 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 5: I want you to see yourself as a mighty hero, 386 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 5: as someone that's well able. The reason you face big 387 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 5: challenges is because you have a big destiny. The reason 388 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 5: you have great obstacles is because you have. 389 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 4: Greatness in you. 390 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 5: The reason the pressure feels overwhelming is because you're stronger 391 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 5: than you think. That difficulty is an opportunity to discover 392 00:20:58,920 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 5: what's in you. 393 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 4: This won't happen though, if you're. 394 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 5: Weak, defeated, can't take it anymore. It's too much for me. 395 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 5: If that was true, then God made a mistake when 396 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,880 Speaker 5: he designed you. He accidentally put you in an environment 397 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 5: that you couldn't handle. 398 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 4: No, God doesn't make mistakes. 399 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 5: The pressure is showing you how strong you are, how 400 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 5: much you can handle. That's getting you ready for how 401 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 5: high God is going to take you, for new levels, 402 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:31,160 Speaker 5: for greater influence, for unprecedented favor. We had a dog 403 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 5: growing up by the name of Scooter. My father used 404 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 5: to ride his bike through the neighborhood and Scooter would 405 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 5: follow alongside him. Daddy was so proud of Scooter. He 406 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 5: was a big german shepherd, strong and powerful. He would 407 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 5: take off ahead of my father, run through the neighbor's yards, 408 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 5: check everything. 409 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 4: Out like he was the king of the road. 410 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 5: One day, as they were riding, this little Chihuahua, little 411 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 5: bitty dog saw Scooter down the road and started barking 412 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 5: and barking. 413 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 4: Scooter didn't think twice. 414 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 5: He took off toward that dog full speed, like he 415 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,120 Speaker 5: was saying, how dare you bark? 416 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 4: At me. 417 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 5: My father thought, oh no, Scooter's gonna tear into that dog. 418 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 5: One paw on him and. 419 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 4: That little dog will be done. 420 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 5: He sped up to try to calm Scooter down. The 421 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 5: closer Scooter got, the louder that dog bark. Finally, Scooter 422 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 5: got right up to him this big showdown. My father 423 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 5: was waiting for Scooter to show him who was boss. 424 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 5: But Scooter rolled over on his back, put all four 425 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 5: legs up in the air like he was saying, I 426 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 5: give up, don't hurt me. My father said, I wanted 427 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 5: to kick Scooter all the way home. Scooter was a 428 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 5: lot bigger on the outside than he was on the inside, 429 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 5: That little chihuahua. He may have been small in size, 430 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 5: but he was stronger than he looked. 431 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 4: He was more powerful than he looked. 432 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 5: I've learned it's not the size of the problem, it's 433 00:22:59,280 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 5: the size of. 434 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 4: The My father was ashamed of Scooter. 435 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 5: But I wonder how many times our heavenly father looks 436 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 5: down at us and thinks, why are you putting up 437 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 5: all fours Why are you giving up overwhelmed, thinking you 438 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 5: can't handle it? When I've called you a mighty hero, 439 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 5: when I've given you can do power when I've surrounded 440 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 5: you with favor, When I've armed you with strength for 441 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 5: every battle. When I'm going before, you're making crooked places straight, 442 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 5: When I've designed you to withstand any pressure that comes 443 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:36,120 Speaker 5: against you. You want to make God proud, Stand strong, 444 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 5: be courageous, Think like a champion, Talk like an overcomer. 445 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 5: Praise when you could be complaining. Declare victory when all 446 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 5: you see is defeat. Expect favor when it seems impossible. 447 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 4: God has awesome things in your future. Let me keep 448 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 4: it real. 449 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 5: There will be some awesome challenges in your future. To 450 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 5: reach your destiny, you have to discover what's in you. 451 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 5: Every time you realize you're stronger than you think, you overcome, 452 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 5: you outlast, you endure. That strength is going to be 453 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 5: instrumental for the next challenge, for the next dream. That's 454 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,439 Speaker 5: preparing you for the amazing things God has in store. 455 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 5: David was a teenager out working in the shepherd's fields, 456 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 5: taking care of his father's sheep. One day, he took 457 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 5: lunch to his brothers who were in the army. He 458 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 5: heard Goliath tauning the Israelites. Something rose up in him. 459 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 5: He told King Saul that he wanted to fight Goliath. 460 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 5: They all tried to talk him out of it, told 461 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 5: him he was too small, not qualified, no experience, But 462 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:46,199 Speaker 5: David was determined. When Goliath saw how small David was, 463 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 5: he began to laugh. 464 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 4: He said, Am I a dog that you'd come at 465 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 4: me with a stick? He was saying, is this the 466 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 4: best you got? 467 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 5: David looked at Goliath said in effect, I may be small, 468 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 5: but I'm stronger than look. I'm more powerful than I look. 469 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 5: I'm more experienced than I look. David took a slingshot 470 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:10,479 Speaker 5: with that one stone brought down Goliath. You may have 471 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 5: some Goliath telling you what you can't do. 472 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 4: You're not strong enough. 473 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 5: You can't break the addiction, you can't beat the sickness. 474 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 5: You'll never accomplish that dream. You're not big enough. You 475 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 5: have to do like David and tell Goliath. I may 476 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 5: look small, but I'm stronger than you think. You haven't 477 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 5: seen the best of me. You haven't seen the courage, 478 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,120 Speaker 5: the fortitude, the greatness. 479 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 4: You just see a get in. 480 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 5: What you don't realize is you're looking at a mighty hero. 481 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 5: That problem is not going to defeat you. That trouble 482 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 5: is not how your story ends that loss is not 483 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 5: going to define you. 484 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 4: You're going to discover things in you that you didn't 485 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 4: know you had. 486 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 5: I believe even now, strength is rising up, courage is 487 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 5: rising up, Dreams are coming back to life. 488 00:25:58,680 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 4: You're about to see. 489 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:03,359 Speaker 5: God do things you couldn't do, turn situations around that 490 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 5: look permanent, open doors that no person can shut. When 491 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 5: I was ten years old, I was playing little league 492 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:14,199 Speaker 5: baseball and I was very small growing up, always the 493 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 5: shortest one on the team. 494 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 4: I got up to bat. 495 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 5: The coach on the other team came out of the 496 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 5: dugout and started waving his arms, shouting to the outfielders, 497 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 5: come in closer, come in closer. It was like he 498 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 5: was saying, this guy up to bat is a loser. 499 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 5: Look how small he is. 500 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,959 Speaker 4: He can't hit. It's making this big scene. 501 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 5: Everyone in the stands was watching him. Something rose up 502 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 5: in me. I thought, you don't know who you're talking about. 503 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 5: You don't know what I'm capable of. The pitcher through 504 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 5: the ball. The first pitch, I swung as hard as 505 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 5: I could. The ball went over everyone's head one bounce 506 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:55,199 Speaker 5: and hit the fence. 507 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 4: I felt like Jose Altuve. I was fast. 508 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 5: I round to the base for an inside the park 509 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 5: home run. Next time I got up to bat, the 510 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 5: same coach came out, but this time he was waving 511 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 5: his arms the other way, shouting back up, back up, 512 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 5: back up. 513 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 4: What happened? 514 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 5: I was stronger than he thought. I believe the enemy 515 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:22,360 Speaker 5: has misjudged you. He thinks you're a lightweight. You're too small, 516 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:26,199 Speaker 5: at a disadvantage, overwhelmed. Life's been tough. Why don't you 517 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 5: step up and show what's in you? Why don't you 518 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 5: shake off the negative voices, Quit listening to the golias 519 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 5: taunting you, quit believing the obstacle is too big, and 520 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 5: show the world who you really are. There's a mighty 521 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 5: hero waiting to come out. There's a giant killer. There's 522 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,719 Speaker 5: a history maker. There's an overcomer. You may have some 523 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,399 Speaker 5: dirt on you, you're going through some challenges. That dirt 524 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 5: can't hold you down. You have the life of Almighty God. 525 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 5: You've been designed for this time, equipped for what your 526 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 5: face empower to fulfill your destiny. Now, don't live with 527 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,959 Speaker 5: a can't do mentality. When you have can do power, 528 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 5: Get in agreement with God. If you'll do this, I 529 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:16,959 Speaker 5: believe and declare You're about to discover strength, courage ability 530 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 5: like you've never seen. You're not just going to survive, 531 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 5: You're going to thrive, overcoming every obstacle, defeating every enemy, 532 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 5: accomplishing every dream. In Jesus's name, and if you receive it, 533 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 5: can you say him? 534 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:30,719 Speaker 4: Men? 535 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 5: Today, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 536 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 5: Jesus the Lord of your life. 537 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 538 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 539 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 4: you my Lord and Savior. 540 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 5: If you've prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 541 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 5: born again. We love to give you some information on 542 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 5: your new walk with the Lord. Just text the number 543 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 5: on the screen or go to the website. 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