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Are you 41 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 5: taking risk, stepping out in faith helping them derise higher? 42 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 5: When your calls driven, you'll see some giants come down, 43 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 5: You'll see promotion doors open. 44 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 3: The right people show up. Hi, this is joelind Vitria. 45 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 46 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 5: the ministry. 47 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 48 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 49 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 50 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 5: your life. 51 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 3: Well, God bless you. It's great to be with you today, and. 52 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 5: I hope you'll stay connected with us throughout the week. 53 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 5: We have a daily podcast that you can download. You 54 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 5: can go to our YouTube channel watch the messages anytime, 55 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 5: or you can follow us on social media. I promise 56 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 5: you this, We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. But thanks 57 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 5: for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out. I'd like 58 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 5: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 59 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 5: husband and wife. They were celebrating their sixtieth birthdays together 60 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 5: when an angel suddenly appeared and said God was going 61 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 5: to grant them each one special request. 62 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 3: They were so excited. 63 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 5: The wife said, my request is that we'd be able 64 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 5: to travel all over the world, and poof, when the smoke, 65 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 5: she had tickets in her hand. 66 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 3: Her husband put his head down in shame. He said, my. 67 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 5: Request is that I would be married to a woman 68 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 5: thirty years younger than me, and poof when the smoke cleared, 69 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 5: he was ninety years old, all right, that's what he gets. 70 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 5: Here we go you already. This is my Bible. I 71 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 5: am what it says I am. I have what it 72 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 5: says I have. I can do what it says I 73 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 5: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 74 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 5: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 75 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 76 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 77 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 5: living calls driven. There should be something we're involved in 78 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 5: that's bigger than ourselves. And it's good to have personal 79 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 5: goals and dreams, things we want to accomplish. But if 80 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 5: you're only focused on yourself, you won't reach your highest potential. 81 00:03:58,200 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 3: You were created to. 82 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 5: Help so someone else, to be a blessing, to lift 83 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 5: the falling, to encourage those that are down, to fight 84 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 5: for those that can't fight for themselves. 85 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 3: You need to have a cause that you're passionate about, 86 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 3: some way that you can make the world a better place. 87 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 5: It may be to volunteer at the women's shelter, to 88 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 5: mentor those young men, to do repairs for the elderly neighbors. 89 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 5: Maybe your cause is to support great organizations to help 90 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 5: build that children's home to fund the ministry, to pay 91 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 5: the single mom's rent. 92 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 3: The cause may. 93 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 5: Be to break the addiction so your children don't have 94 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 5: to deal with it, or to come out of poverty 95 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 5: and lack, to set a new standard for your family. 96 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 5: When you live calls driven, you'll do things that you 97 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 5: normally wouldn't do. You'll get up early, You'll make sacrifices. 98 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 5: You'll show up when you had other things to do. 99 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 5: You're committed to the cause. You don't wake up in 100 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 5: the morning that I don't feel like going to work, 101 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 5: I don't want to deal with these problems. Your attitude 102 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 5: is I'm on a mission. I have an assignment. It's 103 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 5: not just about me. Somebody needs what I have. Somebody's 104 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,559 Speaker 5: counting on me. I'm going to be a positive force 105 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 5: for good in my neighborhood, in my family, on my job. 106 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 5: And the reason some people are not happy. 107 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 3: Is they're ingrown. 108 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 5: As long as you're only focused on you, you're not 109 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 5: going to be fulfilled. 110 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 3: Look around at how you can be a blessing. 111 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 5: When you give your time, energy, resources to care for 112 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 5: the hurting, to lift those that are disadvantaged, to help 113 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 5: bring their dreams to pass, you will see God's. 114 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 3: Favor in new ways. 115 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 5: Are you waiting for God to bless you when God 116 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,239 Speaker 5: is waiting for you to be a blessing. The next 117 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 5: level of your destiny is connected to helping someone else. 118 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 5: David was seventeen years old out in the shepherd's fields 119 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 5: taking care of sheep. It looked like he was stuck there. 120 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 5: He didn't come from an influential family, he didn't have 121 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 5: an important position. All the circumstances said he would live 122 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 5: an average, ordinary life, never do anything great. One day, 123 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 5: his father asked him to take lunch to his brothers. 124 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 5: They were in the army in another city. He could 125 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 5: have said, Dad, I don't want. 126 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 3: To do that. 127 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,799 Speaker 5: I'm not an errand boy, I'm busy with these sheep. 128 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 5: Find somebody else. He could have refused, But this small 129 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 5: act of obedience, doing something kind for his brothers, going 130 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 5: out of his way to be good to them, is 131 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 5: what led to his destiny. 132 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 3: Don't discount the small things. 133 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 5: You can do for people, bringing them a cup of coffee, 134 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 5: giving them a ride home, making dinner for that neighbor 135 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 5: that's not well, staying late to help train that coworker. 136 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 3: These small acts. 137 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 5: Of obedience can lead to big blessings. When David arrived 138 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 5: in the city gave lunch to his brothers, he heard Goliath, 139 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 5: the Philistine giant, tauning the Israelites for forty days. He 140 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 5: came out twice a day, in the morning and the 141 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 5: evening and shouted threats. When the Israelites heard them, they 142 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 5: were terrified. They ran away afraid. 143 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 3: But something rose up in David, a holy anger. 144 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 5: He said, who is this uncircumcised philistine that he should 145 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 5: defy the armies of the living God. He asked what 146 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 5: would be done for the man that killed Goliath. David's 147 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 5: older brother overheard what he was asking. He was critical 148 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 5: of David. He could sense the favor on his life. 149 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 5: He said, David, what are you even doing here? What 150 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 5: have you done with those few sheep you're supposed to 151 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 5: be taken care of. He would say, David, you can't 152 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 5: do anything about this giant. Look how small you are. 153 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 5: David could have been offended, argued instead, he answered back 154 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 5: in verse twenty nine, is there a cause? He was saying, 155 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 5: you may be afraid, you may be passive, but this 156 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 5: giant is not going to dishonor my God. This is 157 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 5: a cause worth fighting for. Something was birthed in David 158 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 5: at that moment, a fire, a passion to bring Goliath down. 159 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 5: And what took David from the shepherd's fields into his 160 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 5: destiny was a cause. He was willing to get involved 161 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 5: in something bigger than himself. 162 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 3: He didn't have to care. 163 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 5: He could have dismissed it, but David stood up for 164 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 5: something that, in one sense, didn't have anything to do 165 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 5: with him. He wasn't in the army, Goliath wasn't taunting him. 166 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 5: He could have gone back home and lived an average, 167 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 5: ordinary life. But when you fight giants for someone else, 168 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 5: when you stand up for those that can't stand, you're 169 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 5: not just helping them. That cause is going to launch 170 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 5: you into your destiny. Took us slingshot, slung that rock, 171 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 5: defeated Goliath. 172 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 3: Eventually he took. 173 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 5: The throne of Israel. What's interesting is the crown was 174 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 5: in the cause. Without the cause, he would have never 175 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 5: become keen like David. Your crown is going to be 176 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 5: found in a cause. Your promotion, your breakthrough, your dream 177 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 5: coming to pass, is going to be found in being 178 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 5: a blessing. Are you fighting for anyone other than yourself? 179 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 5: Are you taking risk stepping out in faith helping them 180 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 5: to rise higher. When your cause driven, you'll see some 181 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:43,079 Speaker 5: giants come down. You'll see promotion doors open, the right 182 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 5: people show up. Thousands of soldiers saw Goliath day after day, 183 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 5: but David was. 184 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 3: The only one that had a cause. He didn't have. 185 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 5: The size, the training, the experience, but he believed God 186 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:02,359 Speaker 5: was going to show out to defeat Goliath. He expected 187 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 5: to stand victoriously. When you have a cause, you believe 188 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 5: for big things. You'll pray bold prayers. 189 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 3: You'll expect giants to come down. 190 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 5: When the Compact Center came available, I thought, God, this 191 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 5: is not about just us. 192 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 3: This is about advancing the kingdom. This facility will set 193 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 3: a new standard. 194 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 5: It will be an example of your greatness. I had 195 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 5: a boldness to fight for something way bigger than me. 196 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 5: Three years earlier, I was running camera, I was working 197 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 5: in production. But when you have a cause, you'll believe 198 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,239 Speaker 5: you can accomplish what seems impossible, that you can overcome 199 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:46,559 Speaker 5: what looks insurmountable. Find your calls, fight for someone that 200 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 5: can't fight for themselves. Get involved in something bigger than you. 201 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 5: That's where your crown is. That's where your greatness is 202 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 5: going to come out. David could have been satisfied in 203 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 5: the shepherd's fields, satisfied with an ordinary life. I don't 204 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,359 Speaker 5: want to have to get out of my comfort zone. 205 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 5: People may criticize me, there may be big giants. I'll 206 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 5: just play it safe. Safe is not your destiny. Average 207 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 5: is not what you're called to be. Take on some 208 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 5: giants believe to advance the kingdom, to set new standards. 209 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 5: God didn't give you that talent, that personality, that courage 210 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 5: just to go to work, make a living, feed your family. 211 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 6: You were called for a cause. You are gifted for 212 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 6: a cause. You are healthy for a cause. You have influence, 213 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,959 Speaker 6: you are anointed for a cause. Don't just build your kingdom, 214 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 6: build his kingdom. Get involved in making a difference. Where 215 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 6: are some giants you can bring down? 216 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 3: Where are some people you can lift up. 217 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 5: It's nothing worse than to come to the end of 218 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 5: life and realize you never saw. 219 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 3: Your crown, you never took your throne. It wasn't in 220 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 3: the average, It wasn't in the rooms. It was in 221 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 3: the cause. 222 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 5: It was in doing something out of the ordinary, getting 223 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:09,199 Speaker 5: involved in something that wasn't about you making your neighborhood better. 224 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 5: Blessing that coworker bringing down a goliath. That's when you'll 225 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 5: see your crown. I've made up my mind. I'm not 226 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 5: gonna live comfort driven. I'm gonna live calls driven. When 227 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 5: we're comfort driven, we don't have to stretch, make sacrifices, 228 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 5: take any risk. When I'm comfort driven, I'm not gonna 229 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 5: be criticized, talked about, have opposition. The problem is you'll 230 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 5: never reach your destiny if you. 231 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 3: Live comfort driven. 232 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 5: As long as David was in the shepherd's fields, minding 233 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 5: his own business, satisfied, he was average. 234 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 3: He was ordinary. 235 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 5: Had he not been willing to run that errand to 236 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 5: take lunch to his brothers, he would have never taken 237 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 5: the throne. 238 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 3: Don't miss the small things. 239 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 5: Had he let his brother discourage him, make him upset, bitter, 240 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 5: he would have missed his destiny. 241 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 3: If he'd have thought Goliath was too big. 242 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 5: I love to help, but I'm afraid man, he's twice 243 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,959 Speaker 5: my size. He would have never become the king. The 244 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 5: cause has to be bigger than the giant. The cause 245 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,199 Speaker 5: has to be bigger than the opposition, bigger than how 246 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 5: you feel. 247 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 3: You may be outnumbered. 248 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 5: What you're up against is stronger, more experience, don't worry. 249 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 5: You and God are a majority. 250 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 3: They cannot stand against our God. 251 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 5: Like with David, there are giants waiting for you. When 252 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 5: you defeat them for others, doors to your destiny will 253 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 5: open when you find your cause. The king is going 254 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 5: to come out when your dream is connected to helping others, 255 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 5: to making your community better, to lifting those that were down. 256 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 5: You thought you were just helping them. You didn't realize 257 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 5: you were helping yourself. And so many of you do this. 258 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 5: You support the ministry, you attend your watch, your volunteer, 259 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 5: You serve in the community. A lot of times it's 260 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 5: on your day off. You could be doing something for yourself, 261 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 5: but you're investing in others. God sees your sacrifice. He 262 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 5: sees you're helping when nobody is giving you credit, getting 263 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 5: up early to pick up the friend, cooking an extra 264 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 5: meal for that neighbor, spending your vacation serving at that orphanage. 265 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 5: Get ready, your crown is coming. You've been fighting for others. 266 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 5: Now God is about to fight for you. The King 267 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 5: is going to come out of the cause. You're going 268 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 5: to see doors open you never dream would open, favor, influence, opportunity, 269 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 5: all because you fought for someone else, you got involved 270 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 5: in something bigger than yourself. A friend of mine grew 271 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 5: up in a small town in Kentucky and they were 272 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 5: poorn didn't have too much, but from the time he 273 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 5: was a little boy, he had a desire to help 274 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 5: children in need. He saw on the television where you 275 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 5: could support a hungry child in another country for fifteen 276 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 5: dollars a month. He didn't have any money, but at 277 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 5: eight years old he started mowing laws in the neighborhood 278 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 5: so he could help. He needed the funds, but he 279 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 5: was living cost driven, fighting for someone else. 280 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 3: When he could have been out playing. 281 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 5: He was mowing laws, making sacrifices for someone he would 282 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 5: never meet. And that seemed like a nice thing to 283 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 5: do a compassionate person, But it's more than that. When 284 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 5: you tap into your cause, there's a crown that's connected. 285 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 3: By the grace of God. 286 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 5: He was able to attend college and in the summers 287 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 5: he would take trips overseas with doctors to help care 288 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 5: for these children like he supported. He ended up going 289 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 5: to medical school, became very successful in his practice, all 290 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 5: the while doing what he could to take care of children. 291 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 5: One of his medical suppliers heard how he supported children, 292 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 5: ask if he needed anything. They started giving him all 293 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 5: kinds of medicines, vaccines, antibiotics. 294 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 3: It grew and grew to where. 295 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 5: He had to get a warehouse to contain it all. Today, 296 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 5: our friend, doctor Todd Price his wife Sue have given 297 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 5: over a billion dollars in medical supplies to children around 298 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 5: the world. His organization has treated over sixty million children 299 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 5: for parasites. He told me, from the time he was 300 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 5: a little boy, he always prayed that God would send 301 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 5: a wealthy person to help. 302 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 3: Those children in need. 303 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 5: He said, I never realized I would become that person. 304 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 5: The scripture says when you help the poor, when you 305 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 5: feed the hungry, when you lift the fallen, then your 306 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 5: light will break forth like the dawn. You're a healing 307 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 5: your abundance, You'll breakthrough, will come. Doctor Price didn't have 308 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 5: to help those children. He didn't have to take risks, 309 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 5: use his vacation time to travel around the world, stay 310 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 5: in little village. He could have enjoyed a nice, average life, 311 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 5: but he would have never seen God's favor like he's seen. 312 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 5: He would have never been this fulfilled. He discovered the 313 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 5: cause was connected to the crown. The cause opened doors 314 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 5: to his destiny greater than he ever imagined. I realize 315 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 5: we're not going to all go around the world, not 316 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 5: all going to start big organizations. 317 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 3: But there's someone you can fight for. 318 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 5: There's something you can do outside of yourself that makes 319 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 5: your community better, makes your school better, makes your family better. 320 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 5: Find your cause and you'll find favor. This is what 321 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 5: Nehemiah did. He was a cupbearer to the king. He 322 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 5: wasn't in management, he didn't have wealth or influence. He 323 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 5: had an ordinary position. He heard how the walls of 324 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 5: Jerusalem had been torn down, how the city was unprotected. 325 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 5: He was living a thousand miles away. He could have thought, 326 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 5: that's their problem. I can't do anything about it. But 327 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 5: something came alive on the inside. He knew he was 328 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 5: supposed to rebuild those walls. 329 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 3: How could he do it? 330 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 5: He had no money, no staff, no influence. When your 331 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 5: cause driven, you'll pray bowld prayers. You'll believe for the impossible. 332 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 5: You'll expect doors to open. 333 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 3: I've learned what God orders he pays for. 334 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 5: When it's to advance the kingdom, when it's to bring 335 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 5: about positive change, the resources will be there. The right 336 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 5: people will show up, you don't have to figure it out. 337 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 3: All you have to do is believe. Nea and Maiah. 338 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 5: I asked the king for permission to return to Jerusalem 339 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:47,199 Speaker 5: to rebuild the walls. You can imagine asking your boss 340 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 5: for six months off to go do a personal project. 341 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 3: You would think the king would say, excuse me, you're 342 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 3: on my payrong. I need you to be here. But 343 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 3: for some reason, the king agreed. He said, fine, you go. 344 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 5: If that wasn't enough, Neamiah said, I need another favor. 345 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 3: I'm going to need protection. 346 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 5: Will you give me a letter addressed to all the 347 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 5: cities I have to travel through so. 348 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 3: They won't harm me. The king agreed. 349 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 5: He said one last thing, King, I don't have any 350 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 5: materials to rebuild this wall. I need a letter from 351 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 5: you asking the lumber mills to give me what I need. 352 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 5: The scripture says the king granted Neemiah his request because 353 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 5: the favor of God. 354 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 3: Was on his life. 355 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 5: It's good to ask for yourself, but when you're asking 356 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 5: for someone else, when you're taking a stand for those 357 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 5: that can't, When you're kingdom minded and not just me minded, 358 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 5: God will show out in your life. What's holding some 359 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 5: people back is they're only focused on their goals, their dreams, 360 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 5: their projects. Why don't you invest some of your time, 361 00:19:55,440 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 5: energy resources in someone else fight their giants, help their 362 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 5: dreams come to pass mentor their child care for them 363 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 5: as they come through that illness. That cause is connected 364 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,880 Speaker 5: to your crown. That's what's going to open new doors 365 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 5: to your destiny. Defeating Goliath, someone else's giant is what 366 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 5: took David to the throne. 367 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 3: And it's good to have your dreams. 368 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 5: It's good to have your goals, but you need to 369 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 5: be a part of something bigger. 370 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 3: Than just you. David would have. 371 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 5: Stayed in the shepherd's fields if he didn't find his cause. 372 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 5: Nehemiah would have lived an ordinary life had he not 373 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,880 Speaker 5: found his cause. When he went to Jerusalem to rebuild 374 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 5: the walls, he had all kinds of opposition. The city 375 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 5: wouldn't give him permits. The critics tried to stop him. 376 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 5: Bandits came and fought him. It was one thing after another. 377 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 5: But when your cause driven, you don't go by how 378 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 5: you feel. You're not moved by the opposition. You're on 379 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 5: a mission. You have an assignment. The cause helps you 380 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 5: to say focus. 381 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 3: Persistent, determined. 382 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 5: It should have taken Niamiah years to finish rebuilding it, 383 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 5: but he did it in just fifty two days. I 384 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:14,160 Speaker 5: believe there are some Neamiah's in here today. There are 385 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 5: some David watching. You could live an ordinary, average life, 386 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,919 Speaker 5: but you're fighting for others. You're investing in things bigger 387 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 5: than yourself, making sacrifices to help those around you. You 388 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 5: can't help others without God helping you. That cause doesn't 389 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 5: come by itself. It's connected to a crown. You're going 390 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 5: to see favor that you've never seen. You're going to 391 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:44,679 Speaker 5: come out of ordinary into the uncommon, unusual resources that 392 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:49,959 Speaker 5: your family has never seen, influence opportunity like you've never imagined. 393 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 3: The greatness God put. 394 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 5: In you is going to come out of the cause. 395 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 5: It's not about finding your crown. It's about finding your cause. 396 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 5: There's a giant you can defeat. Where is a lunch 397 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 5: you can take to your brothers. Where's a wall you 398 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 5: can rebuild. If you'll find the cause, the crown will come. 399 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 5: What's interesting is the walls of Jerusalem had been down 400 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 5: for over six decades. God could have had a king 401 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 5: rebuild them, a governor, the army, the prophets, But God 402 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 5: chose a cup bearer, an ordinary person. The cause brought 403 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 5: the greatness out of Nehemiah. Without this cause, we wouldn't 404 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 5: be talking about it. Without a cause, David wouldn't have 405 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 5: become the greatest king that ever lived. I'm asking you 406 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 5: to find a cause, live for something bigger than yourself. 407 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 5: The greatness will come out when you help others, when 408 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 5: you build their dream, when you support advancing the kingdom. Well, Joel, 409 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 5: I didn't come out this morning terry about helping others. 410 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 5: I want to know how I can be blessed. This 411 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 5: is how you'll be blessed. This is how your greatness 412 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 5: comes out. This is how you'll discover your crown. 413 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 3: Is there not a cause? 414 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 5: Sometimes the cause is to improve yourself so that your 415 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 5: family and those that come after you. 416 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 3: Will be better off. My father was raised very poor. 417 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 5: His family lost everything during the Great Depression. He grew 418 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 5: up with a poverty mindset, never able to drink a 419 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 5: full glass of milk, just a small portion, then they'd 420 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 5: pour water in it. But at seventeen years old, he 421 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 5: gave his life to Christ, the first one in his family. 422 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 3: He felt a calling to become a minister. 423 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 5: His parents tried to discourage him. They told him all 424 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 5: he knew how to do was work on the farm. 425 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 3: If he left, he wasn't going to make it. 426 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 5: But the cause has to be louder than the naysayers. 427 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 5: What God puts in your heart has to be stronger 428 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 5: than the negative chatter. My father he made up his 429 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 5: mind at seventeen that his chillchildren would never be. 430 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 3: Raised in the poverty he was raised in. 431 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 5: He had no money, no transportation, no experience. But he 432 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 5: left the farm with a cause. 433 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 3: He went out and started ministry. He knew very little 434 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 3: about the Bible. He'd only been to church for several times. 435 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 5: He called job job. He preached his first message on Samson. 436 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 5: At the end he realized he'd been calling him Tarzan. 437 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 3: He didn't have much training, but he had a cause. 438 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 5: I'm going to honor God with my life. I'm going 439 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 5: to break this stronghold of poverty. I'm going to set 440 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 5: a new standard for my family. He didn't have a ride. 441 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 5: He had the hitchhik. He didn't have a church. He 442 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 5: preached in the prisons, in the senior citizens' homes. He 443 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,919 Speaker 5: didn't have a big organization supporting him. First offing he 444 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 5: ever received was an apple. There were plenty of times 445 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 5: he was tempted to get discouraged, feel like it would 446 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 5: never work out, But he would ask himself, is there 447 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 5: not a cause? When you live cause driven, your focus 448 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 5: is not on how you feel, not on what people 449 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 5: are saying, not on what's not working out. Your focus 450 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 5: is on the cause. I'm not just fighting for me, 451 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 5: I'm fighting for my children. I'm fighting to take our 452 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 5: family to. 453 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:17,439 Speaker 3: A new level. 454 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 5: He kept going when no doors were opening. He stayed 455 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 5: in faith when people were against him. He kept being 456 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 5: his best when it was taken longer than he thought. 457 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 5: Cause driven, not feeling driven, not circumstance driven. And as 458 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 5: he kept doing the right thing, faithful, year after year, 459 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,959 Speaker 5: he came in to his crown. He saw favor like 460 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,239 Speaker 5: no one in his family had seen. He broke that 461 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 5: spirit of poverty. God opened big doors started. Lakewood pastored 462 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 5: here almost forty years, made a great difference. 463 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,360 Speaker 3: With his line. 464 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 5: How did he step out of the ordinary into the uncommon. 465 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,120 Speaker 5: He had a cause bigger than himself. He didn't just 466 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 5: think about him. 467 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 3: He thought about his family. 468 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 5: He thought about how he could be a blessing to others. 469 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 5: He invested his life in something bigger than himself. Being 470 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,719 Speaker 5: cause driven is what's going to help you stay determined 471 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 5: and stay focused. When Jesus was about to be crucified, 472 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 5: he didn't feel like going through with it. He was 473 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 5: in such distress, so discouraged that he sweat drops of blood. 474 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 5: We think he won the victory on Calvary, but really 475 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 5: the victory was one in the garden of Gasimine. 476 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 3: That's where he made the decision to stick with it. 477 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 5: He prayed three times, Father, if it's possible, let this 478 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 5: cup pass from me. All of his emotions said give up. 479 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 5: His feelings said don't go through with it. His mind 480 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 5: said it's not worth it. If he had not lived 481 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 5: cause driven, we wouldn't have salvation. In the darkest time, 482 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 5: he made a decision, this is not about me. This 483 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 5: is about helping others, about fulfilling my purpose. The scripture 484 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 5: says the angels came and ministered to him. In those 485 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 5: difficult times, when you're trying to break the addiction, trying 486 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 5: to keep your marriage together, trying to take your family 487 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 5: to a new level, you'll be tempted to think it's 488 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 5: too hard, it's been too long, this pressure is too much. 489 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 5: You're in the garden of Gasimine. You have to do 490 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 5: like Jesus, make the decision that. 491 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,360 Speaker 3: The cause is worth it. 492 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 5: The scripture says he endured the pain of the cross 493 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 5: looking forward to the joy that was coming. Because he 494 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 5: was focused on the cause, he was able to endure 495 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 5: the pain of the moment when it's the most difficult. 496 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 3: The good news is that means you're close. 497 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 5: To your crown. You're close to your breakthrough. You come 498 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,360 Speaker 5: too far to stop now. God didn't bring you here 499 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 5: to leave you. Dig down deep, stay determined, stay focused, 500 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 5: keep doing the right thing. 501 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,199 Speaker 3: It's not just for you. 502 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 5: You're doing it for your family. You're doing it to 503 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 5: advance the kingdom. If you'll keep fighting for someone else, 504 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 5: like with Jesus, the angels are going to show up 505 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 5: to strengthen you. God sees you giving helping others, being 506 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 5: good to people, taking on their giants. 507 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,159 Speaker 3: You didn't have to. Nobody would have faulted you. 508 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 5: But like Nehemiah, you answered the cause. You stepped up 509 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 5: to make a difference. Now get ready. 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