1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks so much for 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: listening to the podcast. Twenty twenty four is going to 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: be an amazing year for you and your family though 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: that we're praying for you, so get ready, keep your 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: expectations out. It's going to be a great year. Hope 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 1: you enjoyed today's message. Well, God bless you. It's a 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: joy to come into your homes. And if you're ever 8 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: in our area, please stop buy and be a part 9 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: of one of our services. I promise you we'll make 10 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: you feel right at home. I'd like to start with 11 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: something funny, and I heard about this elderly lady. She 12 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: was at the store and accidentally locked her keys in 13 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: the car. She had a coat hanger and was trying, trying, 14 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: but she couldn't get it unlocked. She finally prayed and 15 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: asked God to help her. About that time, this real 16 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: rough looking guy pulled up on a motorcycle. He was 17 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: dressed in leather, tattoos wearing a skull cap. In fifteen seconds, 18 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: he had the car unlocked. She gave him a hug 19 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: and said, Lord, thank you for sending me this nice man. 20 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: He said, lady, I'm not a nice man. I just 21 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: got out of prison for auto theft. She hugged him 22 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: again and said, Lord, thank you. You even sent me 23 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: a professional mid say it like you mean it. This 24 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 25 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 26 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 27 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 28 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 30 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about room enough. We all 31 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: have things in life that come against us, situations that 32 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: aren't fair, people that do us wrong. It's easy to 33 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: get discouraged and think that's the way it's always going 34 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: to be. But just because you have opposition doesn't mean 35 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: you're not in God's will. Paul said in Corinthians, A 36 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: wide door of opportunity is open, and there are many 37 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: at the series. Anytime you're going to move forward, anytime 38 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: you're about to take new ground, there will be opposition, 39 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: people trying to discourage you. Things you don't understand. The 40 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: people that reach their destiny aren't moved by what's not 41 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: working out. They know God is in control, that He's 42 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:25,239 Speaker 1: directing their steps that what was meant for harm, He's 43 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: going to turn to their advantage. They know the setback 44 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: is really a setup for God to do something greater. Now, 45 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: opposition is a sign that promotion is coming, healing is coming, 46 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: New levels are on the way. When God was going 47 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: to promote David, take him from the shepherd's fields, a 48 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: teenager taking care of his father's sheep, and give him 49 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: the respect and influence of the whole nation. He didn't 50 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: send David a friend. He didn't have King Saul say 51 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: I see potential in this young man. Let's give him 52 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: a chance. No, God sent David an enemy. He sent 53 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: him a giant. David could have thought, God, I don't 54 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: understand it. Samuel said I'd be the next king. He 55 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: anointed me in front of my family, But he didn't 56 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: say anything about this giant. No, David understood this principle. 57 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: With the opportunity, there would be opposition. When he defeated Goliath, 58 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: he became an overnight hero. All of Israel took notice, 59 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: not because Samuel anointed him. Nobody celebrated David when the 60 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: prophet poured oil on his head and said he would 61 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: be the next king. They thought, no big deal, it's 62 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: just David. Pour All the oil you want doesn't change anything. 63 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: David even went back to the shepherd's fields after he 64 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: was anointed. It didn't look any different. But when he 65 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: defeated Goliath, that one victory gave him instant respect from 66 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: all of Israel. The giants you face weren't sent to 67 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: defeat you, but to show people the anointing on your life. 68 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: It's one thing to say you're anointed, but God is 69 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: going to prove you're anointed when you defeat that giant, 70 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: when you break the addiction, when you beat the cancer, 71 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: when you pay your house off, when your business takes off. 72 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: There won't be any doubt. People will see the favor 73 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: of God on your life. They're going to have a 74 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: new respect for you. They may have dismissed you in 75 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: the past, not paid much attention. Oh it's just David, 76 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: a teenager. He doesn't have much to offer or get ready. 77 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: God is about to show out that giant may be bigger, stronger, 78 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 1: more powerful, but it is no match for our God. 79 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: Don't run away from the giant. Run to the giant. 80 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: The giant is not going to defeat you. It's going 81 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 1: to establish you. The giant is going to get to 82 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: give you a new level of influence. It's going to 83 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: cause people to see that you're favored. They may not 84 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: like you, they may never be for you, but they 85 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 1: won't be able to deny the fact of the blessing 86 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 1: that God put on your life. After David defeated Goliath, 87 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: you don't read any more about Goliath. Goliath's whole purpose 88 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: was to establish David. Don't complain about your giants. Without 89 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 1: that giant, you couldn't take your throne, so to speak. 90 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: Without that opposition, you wouldn't see the fullness of your destiny. 91 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: And none of us, of course like difficulties, but keep 92 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: the right perspective. On the other side is a new level. 93 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: You have to outlast the opposition. You have to have 94 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: a made up mind. You are in it to win it. 95 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: God didn't bring you this far to leave you. He 96 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,559 Speaker 1: knows what's happening. He sees the medical report, he sees 97 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: who's not treating you right. If you'll stay in faith 98 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: like David, you'll not only come out, you'll come out better, 99 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: promoted to a new level of your destiny. This is 100 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: what happened with Isaac in Genesis chapter twenty six, he 101 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 1: faced all kinds of opposition. Isaac was very successful. His 102 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 1: crops had produced record amounts that year, and he was 103 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: honoring God doing the right thing. But his neighbors, the Philistines, 104 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,799 Speaker 1: when they saw how blessed he was, how his crops 105 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: had taken off. Instead of being happy for him, they 106 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: were jealous. They didn't want him there anymore. Don't be 107 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: surprised when God blesses you if everyone doesn't celebrate you. 108 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: Some people can't handle your success. They're fine as long 109 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: as you stay at their level, they'll be for you. 110 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: But when God takes you to the next level, when 111 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: He shows out in your life, they may not be 112 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 1: happy for you. Instead of getting discouraged, remember that opposition 113 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: is a sign that promotion is coming. You're blessed now, 114 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,679 Speaker 1: but God has something greater, something that you haven't seen. 115 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: The Philistines were so jealous they clogged up Isaac's wells 116 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: with dirt. He didn't have any water for his animals 117 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: or any way to water his crops. The king told 118 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: Isaac that he was too blessed, too powerful. He had 119 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: to leave that area. Isaac could have fought him, thought, no, 120 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: this is where God blessed me. I'm staying here. But 121 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,679 Speaker 1: after he prayed, Isaac knew he was supposed to leave, 122 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: and I'm sure he was disappointed. He never dreamed he'd 123 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: have to start all over. But when you do the 124 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: right thing, when the wrong thing is happening, you're so 125 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: in a seed for God to bless you. It may 126 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: look like somebody's getting the best of you. It was unfair, 127 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: Like Isaac, you did what was right. It puts you 128 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: at a disadvantage. Don't worry. Your time is coming. They 129 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: think they're pushing you down, Really they're pushing you up. 130 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: Isaac took the high road and moved to the valley 131 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: of Gerar. It looked like he was going the wrong direction. 132 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: He'd been up on the high places, so blessed now 133 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: he was going down to the valley. But the blessing 134 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: is not on your location. The blessing is on you 135 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: wherever you go. The blessing goes when you take the 136 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: high road and make adjustments to keep the peace. It 137 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: may look like you're going backwards, having to start all over, 138 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: But when you do the right thing, you will never 139 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 1: end up with less less resources, less influence, less joy. 140 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: There may be a season of less, but increases coming. 141 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 1: Promotion is coming, Abundance is coming. Isaac moved to the 142 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: valley and had his men re he dig the wells 143 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 1: that belonged to his father. He was on his old property. 144 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: The local shepherds came up and said, what are you doing. 145 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 1: You can't redig these wells. They belonged to us. They 146 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: started arguing with Isaac's men. Isaac could have made a 147 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: big deal about it, after all, it was his property, 148 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: it belonged to his father. Instead, Isaac told his men 149 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: to stop digging and let them have it. Another disappointment. 150 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:34,439 Speaker 1: Verse twenty says Isaac named those wells argument. He knew 151 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 1: if he had have stayed, it would start a big fight. 152 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: Even if he won, it would be an ongoing battle 153 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: with strife and conflict. And yes, sometimes you need to 154 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: stay and fight the good fight, take what belongs to you. 155 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 1: But there are times, like with Isaac, you need to 156 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: walk away and let God make it up to you. 157 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: You could win, but it's going to do so much 158 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 1: damage and caused so much ongoing trouble it would be 159 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: better to just let it go. And this is what 160 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: Isaac did. He moved to a different place and dug 161 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: some new wells. Same thing happened. The local people came 162 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: up and opposed him. Isaac named those wells opposition. He 163 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: could have thought, God, I'm done. I've been faithful. I 164 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: got kicked out of my own land. I redugged the 165 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,719 Speaker 1: wells of my father's. That didn't work out. It's never 166 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: going to happen. No, Isaac had a made up mind. 167 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: He knew on the other side of the adversity was 168 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: a new level. He found a different place, dug some 169 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: more wells. This time the water not only freely flowed, 170 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 1: but the people left him alone. The scripture says Isaac 171 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: named these wells room enough. One translation says it was 172 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: a wide open, abundant place. Notice the principle, if you'll 173 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: pass these tests and go through the well of our 174 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: through the well of opposition, then you will come to 175 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: the well of room enough, the well of wide open places, 176 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: the well of abundance. The mistake we make too often 177 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 1: is we get stuck at the well of argument, trying 178 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: to prove our point, convince somebody that we're right. Those 179 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: first set of wells, they belong to Isaac's family. He 180 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,479 Speaker 1: had a right to them. But there are some battles 181 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 1: that are not worth fighting. When you're a peacemaker, you 182 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: let somebody else be right, even though you know they're wrong. 183 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: Everything in your mind will say you're weak. You're letting 184 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 1: them get the best of you. You're going to have 185 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,599 Speaker 1: to go down to the valley. But in the valley 186 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: is where room enough is. That's where the place of 187 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: abundance is. Don't get stuck at the will of argument. Well, Joel, 188 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: it's not right. They did me wrong. Why don't you 189 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 1: let God fight your battles. Why don't you let God 190 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: be your I can assure you God will vindicate you 191 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: better than you can vindicate yourself. We're not called to 192 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: straighten everyone out. They may be wrong, you know you're right, 193 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: But you have to ask yourself. If you win the argument, 194 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: what is it going to accomplish? Is it going to 195 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 1: move you forward? Or is it just going to make 196 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 1: you feel good? You could win, but in the big picture, 197 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: it took your time, your energy, your focus, things you 198 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: should be using for your own dreams. We fight too 199 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: many battles that don't matter. If that battle is not 200 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: between you and your God given destiny, it's a distraction. 201 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: It's the enemy trying to lure you off course, to 202 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: get you stuck at the will of argument, when the 203 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,679 Speaker 1: well of room enough is waiting for you. You have 204 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: to learn to let things go, let somebody else be 205 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: right for the sake of peace. Jesus said in Luke's 206 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: six Ignore insults, don't bother to retaliate, maintain your dignity. 207 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: We would go a lot further, We would enjoy life 208 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: a lot more if we would simply ignore things. Somebody 209 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: is talking about you. Don't try to straighten them out. 210 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: Ignore it. Somebody did you wrong, don't retaliate. Let God 211 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:29,199 Speaker 1: fight your battles, Ignore it, and keep moving forward. They 212 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 1: can't stop your destiny. I've been speaking in public now 213 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: about seventeen years since my father died, and of course 214 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: the more people you're in front of, the more critics 215 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: you have. But I've found a critic has never been 216 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: able to stop me. Somebody that doesn't like me, that 217 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: may try to discredit me or even say things that 218 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 1: are not true, they've never been able to keep me 219 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: from rising higher. I didn't try to prove to them 220 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: who I am, answer my critics, convince them to like me. 221 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: I found something more effective. Ignore it, don't pay it 222 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: any attention, don't try to retaliate, don't sink down to 223 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: their level. Maintain your dignity. Be an egle and rise 224 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: above it. See an eagle can fly at heights that 225 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: a crow cannot reach. There will always be some crows 226 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: in your life pecking at you, trying to debate you 227 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: into conflict. You probably have some crows at the office. 228 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: One of your relatives may be a crow, your spouse. 229 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: Maybe I'm just kidding. The only way to argue with 230 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: the crow is to sink down to their level. If 231 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: you find yourself in conflict upset trying to prove your 232 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: point as a sign you've come down too low. You 233 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: need to go back up where you belong. You're an eagle. 234 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: Quit wasting time with that crow. The crows cannot go 235 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: where you're going. Don't waste any emotional energy on that. 236 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: Rise above it. God sees what's happening. He'll take care 237 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: of your crows. The scripture says God opposes the people 238 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: that oppose you, But if you go in and try 239 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: to do God's work, God, let me oppose them, let 240 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: me straighten them out. I got a good insult for them. 241 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: God will step back and say, Okay, you do it 242 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: on your own, you can handle it. But if you'll 243 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: make a better decision and turn it over to God, 244 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: he'll oppose who's opposing you. And when the most High God, 245 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: the creator of the universe, opposes, nothing can stand against him. 246 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: But when you're an eagle, when you take the high road, 247 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 1: some people will mistake that for weakness. The truth is 248 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: it's a sign of strength. It takes a strong person 249 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: to overlook an insult. It takes maturity to not get 250 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: in an argument. Some people will try to bait you. 251 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: They feed off of arguing on purpose, they'll do things 252 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: to try to get you riled up. If you take 253 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: that bait, if you give in, you're allowing them to 254 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: control you. They know if they push this button, you'll 255 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: get upset. If they push that button, you'll start arguing. 256 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: Do yourself a favor, turn those buttons off. Quit taking 257 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: the bait. The next time that happens, just smile and 258 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: keep moving forward. You have a destiny to fulfill. You 259 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: don't have time to waste playing those games. One time, 260 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: this man came up to me and he was very uptight, 261 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: very stressed out, and he asked me what I believed 262 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: about a certain scripture. I could tell he was ready 263 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: to argue. I was young. I didn't understand what everything 264 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: meant back then, still don't today. He read this scripture. 265 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: I wasn't familiar with it, I asked him. But he 266 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: believed it meant. He started telling me very intensely, going 267 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: on and on. It sounded right. I said, I believe 268 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: what you believe. He no more heard that. It went 269 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: in one ear and out the other. He started his 270 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: whole argument up all over, getting more riled up, trying 271 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: to convince me. When he paused, I said it again, 272 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: I believe what you believe. He looked at me, puzzled, 273 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 1: started up all over here. He had won the argument 274 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: three times. The problem was he didn't want to have peace. 275 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: He wanted to argue. Your time is too valuable to 276 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: waste it with people that don't want to have peace. 277 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: Don't argue doctrine with people. Don't argue politics things you're 278 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: never going to agree on, for the sake of peace, 279 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: Let somebody else be right. Proverbs twenty says avoiding a 280 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 1: fight is a mark of honor. Only a fool in 281 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: c on arguing it doesn't say, winning a fight is 282 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 1: a mark of honor. Proving your point, straightening somebody out, 283 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: no avoiding a fight, being an eagle, overlooking some things, 284 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: letting somebody else be right for the sake of peace. 285 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,959 Speaker 1: That's a mark of honor. This is especially important in 286 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: our homes. It's easy to argue over petty things, things 287 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: that really don't matter. I've seen people get a divorce 288 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: not over something big. They're great people, they loved each other, 289 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: but they argued over small things where their strife and division. 290 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: Little things turn into big things. That's when our families 291 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:46,360 Speaker 1: can be torn apart. When you live with someone, you're 292 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: not going to see eye to eye all the time. 293 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: They're going to do things that get on your nerves, 294 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: but you do things that get on their nerves. You 295 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,959 Speaker 1: have to make this decision. I'm not going to allow 296 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 1: strife in I'm going to do what I can to 297 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 1: keep the peace. That means you're going to have to 298 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: overlook some things what normally would upset you. The next 299 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,239 Speaker 1: time that happens, why don't you be an eagle and 300 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: rise above it. Well, Joel, I'm waiting for her to change. 301 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:19,120 Speaker 1: God is waiting for you to change. Well, if he'll 302 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: quit aggravating me. Then I'll quit arguing. Why don't you 303 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:26,880 Speaker 1: be the peacemaker and rise above it. Years ago, Victoria 304 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: and I were leaving the Astros ball game their stadium downtown, 305 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 1: and when I pulled out, I asked Victoria which way 306 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 1: I needed to go right or left. She looked around 307 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: and said we need to go right. I looked and said, no, Victoria, 308 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: we need to go left. She said, Joel, I'm positive 309 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 1: we need to go right. I said, Victoria, our house 310 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: is this way. I pulled out and turned left. She said, 311 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: you're going to see you're going the wrong way. I 312 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: zigzagged all over downtown. I had no idea where I 313 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 1: was going, but I didn't tell her. I drove so 314 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: confidently I could have won an Academy award. She said, Joel, 315 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: we are just driving in circles. I said, we're not 316 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 1: driving in circles. I'm going straight home. I was saying 317 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: it by faith, but my faith wasn't working. About ten 318 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,959 Speaker 1: minutes later, I made a right turn and we were 319 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,199 Speaker 1: right back at the stadium. I couldn't believe it. What 320 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: am I saying? I thought I was right, but I 321 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,959 Speaker 1: found out later I was wrong. And sometimes even when 322 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: you think you're right, you need to swallow your pride 323 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 1: and let somebody else be right. I would rather let 324 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 1: the other person be right and have peace than for 325 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 1: me to be right and not have peace. Now, when 326 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 1: I'm going somewhere, I just say, honey, darling, sweetheart, which 327 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 1: way would you like me to go? I don't ask questions. 328 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 1: I don't check my GPS. Victoria is my GPS. If 329 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: you're going to get to the well of room enough, 330 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: you have to go through through the well of argument, 331 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: where you're tempted to get into strife and conflict, through 332 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 1: the well of opposition, where things come against you, things 333 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: you don't understand. You may be at a difficult place now, 334 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: something is happening that's not fair. Don't get discouraged. You're 335 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: right where Isaac was. That's all a part of the process. 336 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: You're at well number one, maybe well number two. The 337 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: good news is well number three is coming. The will 338 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: of room enough, the will of abundance. Now, don't get 339 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: stuck at the first two wells. We all have opposition, 340 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: we all have people that come against us. But if 341 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:43,360 Speaker 1: you'll keep moving forward like Isaac, you'll see God vindicate you. 342 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: Promote you. He'll take you where you could not go 343 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: on your own. This is what happened with Job. Everything 344 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: was going great, then the bottom fell out. He lost 345 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: his health, his family, his business. He was at the 346 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 1: well of opposition. He didn't understand and he was doing 347 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: the right thing, but the wrong thing was happening. His 348 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: friends told him that it was his fault. His wife said, 349 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: Joe just cursed God and die. He came to the 350 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 1: well of argument, the well of strife. Job looked around 351 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 1: and said, I could not find God. I went forward 352 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 1: and he wasn't there. I went backwards and he wasn't there. 353 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 1: Sometimes in life you can't see what God is doing. 354 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 1: You're praying, but it's not working out. Like Isaac, it 355 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: was your land, but they asked you to leave. It's 356 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,439 Speaker 1: easy to make a judgment based on one season, to 357 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,640 Speaker 1: look at one period of your life and think that's 358 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 1: the way it's always going to be, that determines the 359 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 1: rest of your future. No, that's just one well. You 360 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: can't see where God is taking you. All those clogged 361 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 1: up wells, those wells of opposition, they are leading you 362 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: to the well of room. Enough. Don't make a judgment 363 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 1: based on a moment. Where you are is not your 364 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 1: final destination. It's just a season. Job understood this. He 365 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: didn't get discouraged. He didn't give up. He could have 366 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: stopped at Well number one, could have stayed at Well 367 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: number two. Instead, he kept moving forward. He stayed on 368 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: the high road, overlooked some things. He came to Well 369 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: number three, to that place of abundance. He not only 370 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: saw his health restored, but he came out with twice 371 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: what he had before. A man told me recently how 372 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 1: God had failed him. He prayed and believed, but his 373 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: business didn't make it. He was judging his future on 374 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: that one bad break. I told him what I'm telling you. 375 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: God didn't fail you. That's just Well number one room 376 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: enough is up ahead. Abundance is in your future, but 377 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: you'll never see it if you stop where you are. 378 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: Like him, you may have had some clogged up wells. 379 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,679 Speaker 1: He did the right thing. You worked hard, but you 380 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: had a set back, a disappointment. God is saying, keep digging. 381 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 1: Those clogged up wells are not the end. When we 382 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: were trying to buy property for a new sanctuary, we 383 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,439 Speaker 1: found this large tract of land that we really liked. 384 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 1: It seemed perfect. We were making plans. Then the owner 385 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 1: sold it out from under us. He didn't keep his word. 386 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: It was like he clogged up our well. I was 387 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 1: so disappointed. A few months later we found another large 388 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 1: piece of property. It seemed better than the one before. 389 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: We knew God was saving that for us, But the 390 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 1: same thing happened. It was sold out from under us. 391 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,719 Speaker 1: It was like the enemy clogged up another well. We 392 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 1: could have made a judgment based on those two bad breaks. Instead, 393 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: we believed that God was still in control, that he 394 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: was directing our steps. So we kept digging. We kept believing, 395 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: thanking God, that the right doors would open. Six months 396 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 1: later we received word that this flo the former Compact center, 397 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: was coming available. Things begin to fall into place. Here 398 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 1: we are today in room enough, in a wide open space, 399 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 1: in an abundant place. The first two wells were discouraging, 400 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,439 Speaker 1: but well number three was the charm. What am I saying? 401 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: In God's will? You will have stopped up wells. You 402 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: can't pray away all the opposition, pray away all the 403 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: people that do you wrong. That's all a part of 404 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,199 Speaker 1: the process. You may have dug a well and it 405 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: didn't work out. You dug another well and something clogged 406 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: it up. A person walked away. Stay in faith. Well 407 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: number three is coming. The third well is when opportunity 408 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: freely flows. It's when good breaks chase you down, when 409 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,120 Speaker 1: the right people come looking for you. Well number three 410 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: is more than you can ask or think. It's where 411 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 1: God will pay you back. He'll make up for those 412 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 1: two wells that didn't work out. Now you may be 413 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: at well number one, a difficult place. Maybe you're at 414 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: well number two. Life hasn't made sense. My challenge is 415 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 1: keep digging. Don't make a judgment based on that moment. 416 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: That opposition was never sent to stop you. It was sent, 417 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 1: like David, to establish you. It's going to prove the 418 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: anointing on your life. If you'll do this, I believe 419 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 1: and declare you'll coming into room enough, to a place 420 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: of an abundance, to hell wholeness, the fullness of your 421 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 1: destiny in Jesus's name, if you receive it. Can you 422 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:38,439 Speaker 1: say a man today, I'd like to give you an 423 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 424 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 425 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: of my sins, Come into my heart, I make you 426 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 1: my Lord and Savior. If you've prayed that simple prayer, 427 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 428 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 1: Bible based church, Keep God first place. It's January. Time 429 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: to renew my faith. It's January. It's time to start 430 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: a new season. It's January. 431 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 2: There is no better time than now to set the 432 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 2: course of our year ahead. 433 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: The beginning of the year is a great time to 434 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: start afresh and a new to let go of negative 435 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: things of the past and to get ready for the 436 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: new things God has in store. Every January we create 437 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: a new devotional calendar that will help you throughout the year. 438 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: When you start the day off in faith, grateful for 439 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: what God's done, making positive declarations over your future, You're 440 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: setting the tone for a blessed day and a victorious year. 441 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: This devotional will help you get your mind going in 442 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 1: the right direction so you can go out each day 443 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,399 Speaker 1: in faith knowing that God is in control that His 444 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: plans for you are for good. I'd love to send 445 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 1: you a copy as. 446 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 2: Our way of saying thank you for your gift of 447 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 2: any amount this first month of the year. We would 448 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 2: like to send you a copy of our brand new 449 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:09,120 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four three hundred and sixty five day devotional Calendar. 450 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 2: Do you want to set a faith course for your 451 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 2: life in twenty twenty four? Do you want to see 452 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 2: your life take off in new directions of influence, favor, 453 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 2: and provision in the year ahead? Using this devotional calendar 454 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,919 Speaker 2: is as easy as one, two three. One Wake up 455 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 2: with an expectancy in your heart. Two reflect on the 456 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 2: daily scripture, verse and devotional from Joel. Three Capture God's 457 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 2: promises to you on journaling lines for writing and reflection. 458 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of the twenty twenty 459 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 2: four devotional calendar available this month by simply visiting us 460 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 2: at jolostein dot com or calling eight eight eight five 461 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 2: six seven Joel