1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for. 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: Supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to have an. 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: Awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, God 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 2: bless you. 7 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: Thanks for letting us come into your homes today. And 8 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: if you're ever in our area, please stop buying. Be 9 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: a part of a service. I promise you we'll make 10 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: you feel right at home. I like to start with 11 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: something funny, and I heard about this couple. 12 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 2: They were driving down the road when. 13 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: They came across a sign that said Nacodochius. Forty miles ahead, 14 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: they begin to argue over how to correctly pronounce the 15 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: name Nakodochius. The husband got so upset he told his 16 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: wife when they got to town he was going to 17 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 1: stop and. 18 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 2: Prove to her that she was wrong. They drove silently 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 2: thirty minutes. 20 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: When he arrived in town, he pulled into the first 21 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: fast food restaurant. They both marched up to the counter. 22 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: He said to the young lady working behind it, my 23 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: wife and I. 24 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 2: Have been arguing for thirty minutes. 25 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: Would you please tell us very slowly, very clearly, how 26 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: to pronounce the name of this place, young girls, God's 27 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: got big. 28 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 2: She leaned over the counter. 29 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: And said, burg keen, say it like you mean it. 30 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 31 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 32 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 33 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind 34 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 35 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 36 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about no more hiding. God 37 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: has put gifts and talents in you. He's given you 38 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: dreams and goals that are unique to your life. You 39 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: have something to offer that nobody else has. But it's 40 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: easy to let fear hold us back. Fear of failure, 41 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: fear of what people will think, fear of the unknown. 42 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: What if I try and it doesn't happen. What if 43 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: I don't have the talent? What if people don't accept me? 44 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: Too often we're letting the what ifs talk us out 45 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 2: of it. Many people are. 46 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: Living with hidden dreams, hidden talent, hidden potential. They have 47 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:25,959 Speaker 1: books in them, songs, businesses, leadership skills, but they're discounting themselves, 48 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: thinking they're not as talented as their friend. They've had 49 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: too many setbacks. They tried in the past and it 50 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: didn't work out. My message today is very simple. Quit 51 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: hiding what God. 52 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:39,239 Speaker 2: Has given you. 53 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: The scripture says you don't light a candle and hide 54 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: it under a bush. 55 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 2: When God breathed his. 56 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: Life into you, he lit your candle. He created you 57 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: to shine, to make a difference, to leave your mark. 58 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 2: Your gift is not just for you. It's to share 59 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 2: with the world. 60 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: We need your talent, we need your creativity, we need 61 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: your smile. Now, don't let fear talk you out of it. 62 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: You can't play it safe. Your whole life and become 63 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: who you were created to be. And God will put 64 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: you in situations on purpose that look too big overwhelming. 65 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: It's because God knows what's in you. He knows what 66 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: you're capable of. 67 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 2: He created you. 68 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: You'll be tempted to shrink back, play it safe, hide 69 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: your gift. But if you'll take that step of faith, 70 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: God will step in and help you do. 71 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 2: What you couldn't do. But here's the key. 72 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: You can't wait till the fear goes away, and then 73 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: You'll do it when I get my courage up. Then 74 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: i'll teach that class, then i'll start my business. Then 75 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: i'll go out on that date. The fear may not 76 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: go away. You're going to have to do it in. 77 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 2: Spite of the fear. This is what faith is all about. 78 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: I feel afraid, but fear is I'm not going to 79 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: control my life. 80 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 2: I'm going to take a step of faith. 81 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: No one that's ever done anything great in life has 82 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: done it without fear. They felt the fear, but they 83 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: did it afraid. When my father went to be with 84 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 1: the Lord back in nineteen ninety nine, I knew I 85 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: was supposed to step up and pastor the church, but 86 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: I had never ministered. I'd spent seventeen years behind the 87 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: scenes at Lakewood doing the television production. 88 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 2: I was comfortable in the background. 89 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,679 Speaker 1: My father tried to get me up here many times, 90 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: but I didn't think I could do it. 91 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 2: I didn't know this was in me. 92 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: That's why I can tell you with confidence. You have 93 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 1: gifts in you right now that you don't know. You 94 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: have talent, skill, potential. You didn't hide it. God's hidden 95 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: it until it's the right time. I wasn't supposed to 96 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: be ministering when my father was alive, in training, being prepared, showing. 97 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,919 Speaker 2: God that I would be faithful. 98 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: But when my dad died, I don't know how to 99 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 1: explain it, but I knew I was supposed to pastor 100 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: the church. I didn't know if it work. I didn't 101 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: know if people would come. I didn't know if they 102 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: would like me. But some moments are destiny moments. It's 103 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: now or never. You either take that step of faith 104 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: or that moment will not pass by again. Now I 105 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: knew that was one of those moments, and I wish 106 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: I could tell you that I turned into a different 107 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: person all of a sudden. I was full of faith 108 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: and courage and power. I didn't feel any fear. 109 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 2: It was just the opposite. 110 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: I had never been so afraid in all of my life. 111 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 1: I felt unqualified, inadequate. When you're close to releasing your gift, 112 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: you will feel fear more than ever. That's the enemy 113 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: trying to deceive you into keeping your gift hidden. He 114 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: doesn't want you to shine, he doesn't want you to 115 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: go where no one in your family has gone. He'll 116 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: work over time to try to convince you to shrink back. 117 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 2: Play it safe. 118 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: That's when you're going to have to have this boldness, 119 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: this confidence that you're going to do it in spite 120 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:17,799 Speaker 1: of the fear. 121 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,239 Speaker 2: Well, what if I fail? You get up and try again. 122 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: Every failure is preparing you. You will learn more through 123 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: failure than you will through success. 124 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 2: You'll learn more. 125 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: In the difficult times where it doesn't work out then 126 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 1: you will in the good times. You can't be so 127 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: afraid of failure that you won't get out of. 128 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 2: Your comfort zone. 129 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: Thomas Edison failed ten thousand times before he finally invented 130 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: the light bulb. A reporter asked him about all of 131 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: his failures. He said, I never failed. I just learned 132 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: ten thousand ways a light bulb wouldn't work. And even 133 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 1: if it doesn't work out, you'll learn and you'll grow, 134 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: and you're one step closer to seeing it happen. And 135 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: when we come to the end of life, nothing will 136 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: be more disappointing than to think what would have happened 137 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: if I would have taken that step of faith? What 138 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: could I have become if I didn't let fear hold 139 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: me back? Where would I be if I wouldn't have 140 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: hid my gifts, hid my talents, hid my creativity. Friend's 141 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: life is short. Stir up what God's put in you. 142 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: Make the most of this day. Don't let the fear 143 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: of people, the fear of failure, the fear of being criticized, 144 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: hold you back. Well, Joel, I don't want anyone judging me. 145 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: I don't want people talking badly about me. Can I 146 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: tell you respectfully? Somebody's talking about you right now. Somebody 147 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: is jealous of your success. Somebody's trying to discredit you. 148 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: People are going to talk whether you settle or whether 149 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: you stretch. You might as well stretch and pursue what 150 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: God put in your heart. 151 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 2: The good news. 152 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,119 Speaker 1: People cannot keep you from your destiny. What they say 153 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: doesn't determine who you are. Every person has negative chatter. 154 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: It's a distraction. Tune it out. Quit letting it upset you, 155 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: Quit being offended. God hears what they're saying. He'll fight 156 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: your battles. He'll be your vindicator. One of the best 157 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: things I've learned is everyone is not supposed to be 158 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: for you. Every person is not supposed to like you. 159 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 2: You can't reach your. 160 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: Destiny without opposition, without negative chatter, without the critics, Joseph 161 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: would have never taken the throne without his brothers throwing 162 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: him into a pit. 163 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 2: David would have never become king without Goliath. 164 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: Jesus would have never risen from the dead and brought 165 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: us salvation without Judas betraying him. Quit worrying about who's 166 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: not for you. Some enemies are designed as a part 167 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: of your destiny. They're not going to stop you. They're 168 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: going to promote you. Now, keep running your race, not 169 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 1: looking to the left nor to the right. Not bothered 170 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: by who's not celebrating you, who's not cheering you on. 171 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: Other people may not be able to see your gifts. 172 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: They don't know what God's put in you. They can't 173 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: feel what you're feeling. Don't let their discouragement talk you 174 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: out of it. Don't let the fear of what they 175 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: think hold you back. You're not going to give an 176 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: account to people of what you did with your life. 177 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: We're going to give an account to God. Every voice said, Joe, 178 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: you can't get up and minister. You can look like 179 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: a fool. You don't have the training. Nobody's going to listen. 180 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: I had a thousand good excuses to keep my gift hidden. 181 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: I was afraid I didn't have the experience. I was 182 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: concerned what people would think. 183 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 2: But I did what I'm asking you to do. 184 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: I did it afraid and no, it wasn't easy the 185 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: first couple of months. 186 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 2: At times I felt like I had to. 187 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: Hold onto the podium so people couldn't see that I 188 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: was shaking. On Saturday nights, I would have to look 189 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: at myself in the mirror and say, Joel, you are 190 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: well able. You can do all things through Christ. You 191 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: are strong in the Lord. This is your moment. I've learned. 192 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 1: You can talk yourself into your dreams, or you can 193 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: talk to yourself out of your dreams. Quit telling yourself 194 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: that you can't do it. You don't have a good personality, 195 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: you don't have the training. Get rid of those excuses 196 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: and start telling yourself what God says about you. You 197 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: are strong, you are talented, You are blessed. 198 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 2: You are favored. You have been fearfully and wonderfully mad. 199 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: When God created you, he put a part. 200 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 2: Of himself in you. God is creative. You are creative. 201 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 2: God is wise. You were wise. 202 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: God is powerful. You are powerful. God is good looking. 203 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 2: You are good looking. That's not in the scripture, but 204 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 2: I like it. 205 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be standing here if I had not learned 206 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: to step out even though I felt afraid. 207 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 2: What are you. 208 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: Hiding your gifts, your personality, Afraid to come out of 209 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: your shell, Afraid. 210 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 2: People might not accept you. It's time to let your 211 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 2: light shine. 212 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: Quit hiding your smile, brighten our day, Quit hiding your encouragement, 213 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: lift somebody up. Quit hiding your talent. Make the world better. 214 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: If God has given you the gift to sin, start singing. 215 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: If you can write, start writing. If you can build, 216 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: start building, If you can teach. 217 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 2: Start teaching. That gift was not meant to stay hidden. 218 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: It's not doing you any good, nor is it doing 219 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,559 Speaker 1: us any good. As long as you keep it to yourself, 220 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: it has to be released. A group of business people 221 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 1: we're discussing where the wealthiest place in the world is. 222 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 2: One of them said it has to be. 223 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 1: South Africa, in the diamond minds, where there's billions of 224 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: dollars worth of diamonds. Another said, no, it must be 225 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: in the Middle East, in the oil fields. 226 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 2: Where there's an abundance of oil. 227 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: The truth is, the wealthiest place on earth is not 228 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: South Africa. It's not the Middle East. The wealthiest place 229 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 1: is in the graveyards. Buried in those graves are hidden dreams, 230 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,439 Speaker 1: books that were never written, songs that were never sung, 231 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: business is never started, inventions never invented. 232 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 2: I'm asking you to release what you have. God didn't 233 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 2: give you that dream so that it could stay buried. 234 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 1: He's expecting you to bring it out, to pursue it, 235 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 1: to cultivate it, to develop it. We have a responsibility. 236 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: God has entrusted us with gifts and talent. 237 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 2: Don't take it lightly. 238 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: Don't live passively, just taking whatever life brings your way. 239 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: Shake off the complacency and get focused. What could you 240 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: accomplish if you weeded out things that are not moving 241 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: you towards your destiny? Where could you be at this 242 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: time next year if you got rid of the distractions 243 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 1: and the things that are not producing good fruit, and 244 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: you put all your effort. 245 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 2: Into the main thing God put in your heart. You 246 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 2: can do many things good, but you can't do many 247 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 2: things great. And sometimes we're too spread out. Paul said, 248 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 2: this one thing. I do. Find that one thing and 249 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 2: excel at it. 250 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: Studies even show that when a person spends ten thousand 251 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: hours doing the same thing, they become an. 252 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 2: Expert at it. Focus on your one thing and do 253 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 2: it to the best of your ability. Matthew twenty five. 254 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 1: Jesus told a parable about a businessman that was going 255 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: on a trip. 256 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 2: He called three employees over. 257 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: He gave one five talents, another two talents, and the 258 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: third one talent. A talent represents about twenty years worth 259 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: of wages was a significant amount. The man with five 260 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: talents went out and invested his and gained five more. 261 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: The man with two invested his and gained two more. 262 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 2: But the man with one talent was afraid. 263 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: He thought, what if I lose it? What if the 264 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 1: economy goes down? 265 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 2: What if somebody steals it from me? 266 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: He came up with all these excuses of what could happen, 267 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: So he went and buried his talent in the ground. 268 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: The men with five the men with two were faith based. 269 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: They thought, look what we've been given. We can increase, 270 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: we can make more. The man with one talent was 271 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: fear based. He thought, what if something goes wrong, what 272 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: if I lose it? You'll never increase as long as 273 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: you're living fear based, fear of failure, fear of people, 274 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: fear of what could happen. I can't get in that relationship. 275 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: I might get hurt. I can't take that position, what 276 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: if I'm not good at it. All three men had 277 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: the same opportunity. Two did something with their gifts. The 278 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: third was afraid. He played it safe and buried it. 279 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: After a while, the owner came back. The men with 280 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: the five talents said, here are the five you gave me, 281 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: plus five more I gained. 282 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 2: The owner said, well done. The men with the two 283 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 2: here are the original two plus two more. Again, well done. 284 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: The third man came up and said, sir, I know 285 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: you're a hard man. I didn't want to lose what 286 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: you gave me. I was afraid, so I hid my talent. 287 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: Here's the one back that you gave me. 288 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 2: You would think the owner would say, all right, Lisa 289 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 2: didn't lose anything. Least you gave it back. It was 290 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 2: just the opposite. 291 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: The owner was expecting a prophet. It wasn't acceptable to 292 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: just give back what was given. 293 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 2: He was expecting increase. He said to the man, you 294 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 2: lazy servant. 295 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: If you knew I was so hard, why didn't you 296 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: at least put it in the bank so I could 297 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: earn some interest. 298 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 2: But you buried it, you hid it. 299 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: He was angry, He took that talent and gave it 300 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: to the man that had five. He said in verse thirty, 301 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: take this worthless man and throw him into outer darkness. 302 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 2: The owner represents God. 303 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: This is some of the strongest language used in the Bible. 304 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 2: It's interesting. 305 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: The man didn't lie, he didn't cheat, he didn't kill somebody, 306 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: he didn't have an affair. 307 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 2: What did he do? 308 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 1: He buried his talent, He hid what God gave him. 309 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: You and I have been given gifts. God has entrusted 310 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: us with them. One day, he's going to come back 311 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 1: like that owner. We're going to see him. He's going 312 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: to ask, what did you do with the talents I 313 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: gave you? Whether you have one, two, or five, that 314 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. God has given us all different abilities. We're 315 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: not competing with each other. I don't have to outperform you. 316 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: You don't have to keep up with your neighbor. What 317 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: matters is what are you doing with what you have? 318 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 1: Are you living fear based, afraid to take a risk, 319 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: not willing to get out of your comfort zone, not 320 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: putting effort. 321 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 2: Into developing your gift? Have you buried it? 322 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: Or you live in faith based growing, stretching, increasing, looking 323 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: for opportunities. Believe in you have seeds of greatness. The 324 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 1: men with one talent buried his talent and showed his fear. 325 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: He should have buried his fear and showed his talent. 326 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: Are you what you should be showing and showing what. 327 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 2: You should be burying? 328 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: Why don't you start burying the insecurity, burying the doubt, 329 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: the negative thoughts, burying what the critics have said, and 330 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: start showing your talent, showing your skills, showing your smile. 331 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 1: If you will bury the fear and show your faith, 332 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 1: you'll see increase, you'll see new levels. But too often 333 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: we're discounting ourselves, thinking we don't have much to offer. 334 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,400 Speaker 1: We look at what we don't have, what we can't do. 335 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: But your gift can be like an acorn. You could 336 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 1: look at it and think, God, big deal. You created 337 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 1: the whole universe and this is what you've given me. 338 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 1: But what you can't see is that acorn is full 339 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 1: of incredible potential. It has a huge oak tree in 340 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: it with branches spreading out fifty feet wide. Don't discount 341 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: your gift because it seems. 342 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 2: Small out in the shepherd's fields. 343 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 1: As a teenager, David could have thought, God, all I'm 344 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: good at. 345 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,120 Speaker 2: Is slinging rocks with his slingshot. 346 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: My brothers are in the military, They're big, strong, talented. 347 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 2: Why didn't you give me more talent? 348 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: Instead, David kept developing that small gift every day out 349 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: in the fields. 350 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 2: Instead of being lazy, instead. 351 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,440 Speaker 1: Of complaining about what he didn't have, he kept practicing, 352 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: getting better and better. He could hit a bullseye one 353 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: hundred feet away. One day he faced Goliath, a giant 354 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: twice his size. Goliath had all kinds of training experience. 355 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: He was wearing armor that covered his whole body, all 356 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: that is, except around his eyes and forehead. And when 357 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: he saw how small David was, he'd begin to laugh. 358 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 2: He said, Am I a dog? That you'd come at 359 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,959 Speaker 2: me with a stint? Didn't bother David. 360 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: He picked up a stone and put it in his 361 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 1: slingshot like he had done thou of times before, and 362 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: when he slung that rock, it hit Goliath right in 363 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: the forehead where there wasn't any armor, and Goliath hit 364 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: the ground. Overnight, David became a national hero. Your gift 365 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: may seem small, but if you'll develop it, it will 366 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: open big doors. You don't have to have a great 367 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: gift for God to use you in a great way. 368 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 2: The scripture says. 369 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: Your gift will make room for you, doesn't say if 370 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: you have a big gift, an important gift, and impressive gift. 371 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: Whatever you have, if you will develop it and keep 372 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: getting better, that gift will open doors of opportunity, doors 373 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 1: of promotion, doors of influence. But sometimes we wonder, while 374 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: we're not being blessed, while we're not seeing increase, it's 375 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: because we buried our blessing. 376 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 2: We buried our promotion, we buried our talent. 377 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: It's time to dig up what's being hidden, start releasing 378 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: what God put in you. March chapter six, Jesus had 379 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: traveled to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, 380 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 1: a remote area, and he was teaching the people. It 381 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: was late in the day. They were tired and hungry. 382 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,400 Speaker 2: Jesus told his disciples to feed the people. 383 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: Well, there were no grocery stores out there, Plus five 384 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: thousand people were there. Even if they did find a 385 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: place to buy food, they wouldn't have that much. 386 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 2: Seemed impossible. 387 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: There was a little boy in the crowd with a lunch. 388 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 1: He had five loaves of bread and two fish. He 389 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 1: could have thought, they don't need what I have. It's 390 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: so small, won't even make a dentt in this huge crowd. 391 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 2: He could have dismissed it and hid his lunch. 392 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: Instead, when the disciples asked for food, he gave his 393 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 1: lunch to them. They took it to Jesus. Jesus blessed 394 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 1: his lunch. It multiplied. All five thousand people were fed. 395 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: You'll give may seem insignificant, but when you release it, 396 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: it will multiply. As long as you hide it, as 397 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: long as you keep it buried, it will stay five 398 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: loaves and two fish. You will never see the potential 399 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: until it's released. 400 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 2: What are you hiding? 401 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: Gifts, talents, creativity? Have you convinced yourself it's too small, 402 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: You don't have the talent. You could never do anything great. 403 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: If you will quit discounting what you have and start 404 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: releasing it, God will multiply your talent, multiply your influence, 405 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 1: multiply the resources. Nineteen years ago, I was working behind 406 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: the scenes, running camera, editing, doing the lighting. I didn't 407 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: necessarily have a big gift, but when Daddy died, I said, God, 408 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 1: this is all I have. May not look like much, 409 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: kind of like the five loaves and two fish. In 410 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: comparison to the need, it seemed insignificant. 411 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 2: My father had ministered for over fifty years. 412 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: He was dynamic, experienced, respected, loved by people all over 413 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: the world, and I was none of the above. The 414 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: church had six thousand people coming on Sundays. 415 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 2: It was a mega church. You would think you would 416 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 2: need a mega pastor mega talent, mega experience. But God 417 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 2: doesn't choose the way we choose. 418 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:32,640 Speaker 1: He doesn't always go find the smartest, most gifted, most experienced. 419 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: Many times he'll take what seems small and multiplied. 420 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 2: That's what he did with me. It's not how much 421 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 2: do you have, it's what are you doing with what 422 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 2: you have? 423 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:50,640 Speaker 1: Have you buried it feeling unqualified, afraid, intimidated. Why you're 424 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: a child of the most High God. You have been 425 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: crowned with favor. I'm asking you to get that dream out, 426 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: get that book out, that createdivity, that goal, release it 427 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 1: and watch what God will do. 428 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 2: He'll take you where you could not go on your own. 429 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 2: He'll exceed your expectations. 430 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 1: In the scripture, Gideon was hiding in the wine press, 431 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: afraid of his enemies. God told him to go tear 432 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: down an Idol. He wouldn't go in the daytime. He 433 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: was too fearful. 434 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 2: He went at night. Later, God said he was to 435 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 2: deliver the Israelites. 436 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,880 Speaker 1: From the Midianites. Gideon said, God, I can't do that. 437 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 1: I come from the poorest family. I'm the least one 438 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 1: in my father's house. He was saying, God, my gift 439 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: is too small. I'm not qualified. He was burying his gift, 440 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: and the angel showed up and said something significant. 441 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:48,160 Speaker 2: The Lord is. 442 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: With you, you mighty hero. Here Gideon was hiding afraid, feeling unqualified. 443 00:24:55,520 --> 00:25:00,199 Speaker 1: Yet God called him a mighty hero. Like Gideon, your 444 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 1: gift may seem small. The obstacle looks way too big. 445 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,719 Speaker 1: God is saying to you what he said to him, Hello, 446 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 1: you mighty hero. God sees what you can become. 447 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 2: Why don't you stir up that gift. Stir up what's 448 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 2: in your heart. 449 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 1: God wouldn't have put it there if he wasn't going 450 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: to bring it to pass. And Gideon went out with 451 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: his three hundred men, and they defeated the Midianites, an 452 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: army of over one hundred and thirty thousand people. Today, 453 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,440 Speaker 1: Gideon is listed as one of the Heroes of Faith, 454 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: but I wonder what would have happened if Gideon would 455 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 1: have stayed in hiding. If it had kept his gifts buried, afraid, 456 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 1: feeling unqualified, he. 457 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 2: Would have missed his destiny. 458 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to come out of hiding your gifts, 459 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: your talents, the dreams. 460 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 2: They've been buried long enough. 461 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: It's time to step up into who God's created you 462 00:25:58,119 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: to be. 463 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 2: You have greatness in you. 464 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 1: There are gifts that you have not yet discovered. Don't 465 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: bury your talent, bury your fears, and start releasing your talents. 466 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, like Gideon, 467 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: You're going to accomplish dreams that look bigger than you 468 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: thought possible. You're going to overcome obstacles that look insurmountable, 469 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,360 Speaker 1: like that little boy with the lunch. What you release, 470 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,640 Speaker 1: God is about to start multiplying in Jesus' name. 471 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,439 Speaker 2: And if you receive it, can you say him in Today? 472 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 473 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 474 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 1: Just say Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 475 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:48,640 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. 476 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 477 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: born again, Get in a good Bible based church, and 478 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,439 Speaker 1: keep God first place.