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It's a joy 43 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 4: to come into your homes and if you're ever in 44 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 4: our area, please stop by and be a part of 45 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 4: one of our services. I promise you we will make 46 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 4: you feel right at home. But I like to start 47 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 4: with something funny, and I heard about this little girl. 48 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 4: She asked her mother how the human race got started. 49 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 4: Her mother explained how God created Adam and Eve and 50 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 4: they had children on and on. Here we are today. 51 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 4: A few days later, she asked her father the same question. 52 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 4: He explained, how many years ago there were monkeys, and 53 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 4: little by little they became more like people, and now 54 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 4: here we are confused. She went back to her mother, said, Mom, 55 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 4: you said God created people. Dad said we came from monkeys. 56 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 4: How can that be? She said, oh, honey, that's easy. 57 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 4: I told you about my side of the family. Dad 58 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 4: told you about his Say it like you mean it. 59 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 60 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 61 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today today I will 62 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 4: be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My 63 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 4: mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never 64 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 4: be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 65 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 4: want to talk to you today about positioned for increase. 66 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 4: We all have to deal with things that come to 67 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 4: an end. We lost our main client, a friend we 68 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 4: could always count on is moving away, or a loved 69 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 4: one went to be with the Lord. We've seen God's 70 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 4: blessing in the past. We know we have his favor, 71 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,839 Speaker 4: but it seems like that favor has been taken away. 72 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 4: But God will never remove something unless he has something 73 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 4: better coming. If he didn't stop certain things, we would 74 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 4: never get out of our comfort zone. We would stay 75 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 4: with what's familiar. So sometimes God will put an end 76 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 4: to what doesn't make sense to us. We don't understand 77 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 4: why the friend walked away, why the business pushed us out, 78 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 4: why cells aren't what they used to be. God is 79 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 4: not doing that to make your life more difficult. He's 80 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 4: getting you in position for increase. He had to stop 81 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 4: what was working to force you to stretch so you 82 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 4: could come in to greater provision, greater opportunity. This is 83 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 4: what happened with the Israelites. They had been in slavery 84 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 4: for many years when God supernaturally brought them out. These 85 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 4: two million people headed into the desert toward the promised land. 86 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 4: The problem was there wasn't anything to eat out there, 87 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 4: no way to survive. So every morning God gave them 88 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 4: something called manna. It was like bread that formed on 89 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 4: the ground For forty years. As they traveled the desert, 90 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 4: one thing they could always count on was the manna. 91 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 4: They had enemies to fight, they had to overcome the heat, 92 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 4: there were snakes and scorpions, but every day, like clockwork, 93 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 4: there was the mana. They knew that was the hand 94 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 4: of God taking care of them. What they didn't realize 95 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 4: was the mana was only temporary provision. They were satisfied 96 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 4: they had something to eat, but God wasn't satisfied. He 97 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 4: was taking them into a land flowing with milk and honey, 98 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 4: a land filled with resources, with plenty of food. When 99 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 4: the Israelites got close to the promised land, something interesting happened. 100 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 4: The scripture says the mana ceased, and they never saw 101 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:45,239 Speaker 4: the mana again. Imagine what the people thought. After forty 102 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 4: years of having mana over fourteen thousand mornings, they got 103 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 4: up and had breakfast at their tent. Now it was 104 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,119 Speaker 4: nowhere to be found. I can hear them panicking, God, 105 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 4: what's happening? Why want you provide for us anymore? They 106 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 4: would have lived off of manna the rest of their lives. 107 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 4: So God on purpose stop the manna. He said, from 108 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 4: now on, I want you to cook your own food. 109 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 4: There's provision all around you. You don't need this manna 110 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 4: to sustain you. I'm bringing you into abundance. It's not 111 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 4: a coincidence that the manna stopped when they were about 112 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 4: to go into the promised land. When something ceases in 113 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 4: your life, that's an indication that increase is coming. God 114 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 4: will never stop something unless he has greater provision on 115 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 4: the way. Maybe a friend walked away, a contract fell through, 116 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 4: you had a setback in your family. It's not as 117 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 4: easy as it used to be. The man is not coming. 118 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 4: You're having to cook your own food. It's because you're 119 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 4: about to step in to a new level. The manna 120 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 4: drying up is a sign you were close to your 121 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:08,799 Speaker 4: promised land. What you were satisfied with was only temporary provision. 122 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 4: You were blessed. Life was good, but God has so 123 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 4: much more in store for you. He had to cease 124 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 4: the friendship. He had to move that person away, not 125 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 4: because they're not good, but they were limiting you. They 126 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 4: can't go where you're going. God had to close the 127 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 4: door so he can bring people into your life that 128 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 4: will push you into your purpose or maybe that position 129 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 4: you were counting on didn't work out. You were hoping 130 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 4: it would last, but it was not permanent. It's because 131 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 4: it was only temporary provision. God stopped the manner, not 132 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 4: because he's forgotten about you. He's about to take you 133 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:57,239 Speaker 4: into your promised land. He ceased it for one reason, 134 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 4: to increase you, to take you where you couldn't go 135 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 4: on your own. But when things cease, it's easy to think, God, 136 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 4: where are you? Where is the mana? What's happening? It's 137 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 4: been this way for years. I'm counting on it. It's 138 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 4: tempting to live worried, think we're doing something wrong. We 139 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 4: must have stepped out of God's favor. God wouldn't have 140 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 4: ceased it if he didn't have something better coming. When 141 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 4: that man e quits appearing, instead of being discouraged, have 142 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 4: a new perspective. You're on the verge of a new level. 143 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 4: That's an indication that walls are about to come down, 144 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 4: giants are about to be defeated. You're about to take 145 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 4: new ground, see new levels, new opportunities. My friend Tony 146 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 4: Dungee played professional football for many years. After a successful career, 147 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 4: in nineteen ninety six, he landed his first job as 148 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 4: a head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team 149 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 4: was a dream come true. He knew it was the 150 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 4: hand of God opening that door. For six years, everything 151 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 4: went great. They were winning more games, making more progress. 152 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 4: The manna was there every morning, the favor the provision. 153 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 4: But one day he was unexpectedly let go. They fired him. 154 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 4: He thought, God, I know you gave me this position. 155 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 4: When the man of stops, that means God is up 156 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 4: to something. The question is, will you get negative, God, 157 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 4: I can't believe this happened, this is not fair. Or 158 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 4: will you say God, I know you wouldn't have closed 159 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 4: this door unless you were about to open a better door. 160 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 4: So Lord, I thank you that you're in control, that 161 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 4: your plans for me are for good, that what you 162 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 4: started in my life you will finish. The man of 163 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 4: ceasing is a test. Many people get bitter and give 164 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 4: up on their dreams. You have to understand the reason 165 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 4: the man of stops, the reason doors closed, the reason 166 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 4: people walk away is you are close to your promised land. 167 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 4: That's God taking away. The temporary provision may look permanent 168 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 4: to us. We were satisfied. But God's dream for your 169 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 4: life is much bigger than your own coach. Dungee was disappointed, 170 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 4: but he didn't sit around in self pity thinking about 171 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 4: how bad life was. He knew the same God that 172 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 4: opened the door in Tampa Bay had now closed the door. 173 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 4: It wasn't long after he was let go that he 174 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 4: received a phone call from the Indianapolis Colts football team. 175 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,359 Speaker 4: They said, we're looking for a coach. Are you interested? 176 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 4: Coach Dungee took the job. He went on to win 177 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 4: the Super Bowl with the Colts. What looked like a 178 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 4: great disappointment getting pushed out the manner stopping was really 179 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 4: a great blessings. Something ceased in your life. You went 180 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 4: through a disappointment, a door closed, a person walked away. 181 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 4: It's more difficult than it used to be. The manna 182 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 4: is not there. Every morning, God is saying, get ready, 183 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 4: I'm about to do something that you've never seen. He 184 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 4: didn't cease the provision because he's through with you. He 185 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 4: stopped it because it's only temporary. He's about to launch 186 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 4: you into a new level. Now, don't let it sour you. 187 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 4: Why did this company do me wrong? Why did these 188 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 4: people leave me out? It wasn't their choice. It was 189 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 4: God closing the door. God was moving them away. It 190 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 4: was God stopping the manna. God told the Israelites, you 191 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 4: don't need this manna anymore. There's provision all around you. 192 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 4: They were so close to the promised land. There was 193 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 4: all kinds of food available. But if God had kept 194 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 4: giving them man they would have missed the abundance that 195 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 4: belonged to them. When the man of ceases in your life, 196 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 4: like with them, you're so close to your promised land. 197 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 4: The provision is already there. Now you have to cook 198 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 4: your own food. God's not going to do this for you. 199 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 4: You can't stay where it's familiar, what you're used to, 200 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 4: what's easy. You have to stretch, get out of your 201 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 4: comfort zone. Take some steps of faith. There is greatness 202 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 4: in you. You weren't created to live off a manna. 203 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 4: Don't have a man of mentality. Don't complain when something 204 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 4: ceases in your life. If it stopped, it wasn't supposed 205 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 4: to be permanent. It's just a step on the way 206 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 4: to your destiny. The Israelites had to accept not having 207 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 4: any mana meant that it was a new day and 208 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 4: God was doing a new thing. If they would have 209 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 4: been sour, because the man of sees they would have 210 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:04,559 Speaker 4: never seen walls of Jericho come down. They would have 211 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 4: never conquered city after city and lived in the land 212 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 4: of abundance. Have you let what ceased in your life 213 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 4: cause you to be sour? Or do you see it 214 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 4: as a sign that you're about to go into your 215 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 4: promised land. When the manner ceases, you have to dig 216 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 4: down deep. This business may have slown down, But Lord, 217 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 4: I want to thank you that new doors are about 218 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 4: to open. This person walked away. Lord, thank you. You 219 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 4: have somebody better coming. This marriage is difficult, but Lord, 220 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 4: thank you. Peace, Joy restoration is on the way. The 221 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:45,559 Speaker 4: closer the Israelites got to the Promised Land, the less 222 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 4: God did for them. When they were in slavery. God 223 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 4: sent plagues on the Pharaoh. Israelites didn't have to do anything. 224 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 4: They just sat back and watched. God changed the Pharaoh's mind. 225 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 4: God parted the Red Sea. God drowned their enemies in 226 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 4: the desert. God gave them water out of a rock. 227 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 4: God gave them quell to eat. On and on. They 228 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 4: saw the hand of God manna every morning. But when 229 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 4: they were about to go into the Promised Land, God said, 230 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 4: now I want you to cook your own food. I'll 231 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 4: bring the walls down, but you have to march around 232 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 4: them seven times. I'll defeat your enemies, but you have 233 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 4: to go in and possess the land. As they got closer, 234 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 4: they had to grow up. God expected them to stand 235 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 4: on their own two feet to encourage themselves to fight 236 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 4: off the fear. He was saying, the day is over 237 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 4: when I'm going to bring you the manna. The provision 238 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 4: is all around. I brought you this far. I fought 239 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 4: all your battles. I gave you breakfast every morning. But 240 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 4: for this new level to enter into this place of abundance, 241 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 4: you have to step up. With the promised land comes 242 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 4: a new level of responsibility. Maybe in the past you've 243 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 4: relied on other people to keep you encouraged, cheered up. 244 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 4: God is going to begin to wean those people away. 245 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 4: At some point, that manner is going to cease. Not 246 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 4: because God doesn't love you, but he wants you to 247 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 4: stand on your own. You can't become who you were 248 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 4: created to be always depending on somebody else. You don't 249 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 4: need that crutch. Start encouraging yourself all through the day. 250 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 4: I am strong in the Lord. Something good is going 251 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 4: to happen to me. God being for me is more 252 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 4: than the world being against me. To enter your promised land, 253 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 4: you have to cook your own food. Some of the 254 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 4: things God has done for you in the past, having 255 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 4: people there to encourage you, causing everything to fall into place, 256 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 4: I'm not going to continue. If God kept doing everything 257 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 4: for us, we wouldn't see the abundance all around. You 258 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 4: may wonder why certain things seem more difficult. Raising your 259 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 4: children's not as easy. At work, It's more complicated in 260 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 4: your finances. You're working harder for the same income. Stay 261 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 4: in courage, you're cooking your own food. You're about to 262 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 4: enter into your promised land. That's when things will shift 263 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 4: in your favor. That's when you'll see increase promotion favor 264 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 4: like you've never seen. But we have to pass this 265 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 4: test of not falling apart when the manner ceases, when 266 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 4: things are not coming as easily as they used to. 267 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 4: Take it as a compliment. You're growing. God is saying 268 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 4: I don't have to keep feeding you, Manna, I don't 269 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 4: have to sustain you off this temporary provision. You're getting 270 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 4: stronger to where you can handle the food of what 271 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 4: I have in store. Before the Israelites could enter the 272 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 4: promised land. They had to say goodbye to the familiar, 273 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 4: Goodbye to manna that they had had forty years. Imagine 274 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:18,120 Speaker 4: when it stopped coming. They could have been discouraged, lost 275 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 4: their passion. Instead, they said fine, we'll go get our 276 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 4: own food. They went out and found all kinds of corn, grain, wheat. 277 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 4: It was all available. Some people never succeed because they're 278 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 4: not willing to say goodbye to the familiar, Goodbye to 279 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 4: a friendship that's holding them back, Goodbye to a job 280 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 4: where they're not fulfilled, or goodbye to old mindsets, to 281 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 4: limited thinking. When the manna ceases, that friendship is not 282 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 4: feeding you anymore. It's just pulling you down, making you 283 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 4: more negative. If you're not willing to say goodbye, you'll 284 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,719 Speaker 4: miss your promised land. When you know you're supposed to, 285 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 4: take a step of faith and teach that class, start 286 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 4: your business, write that book, move into that new neighborhood. 287 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 4: Don't stay where it's comfortable. You can't play it safe 288 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 4: your whole life, and become who you were created to be. 289 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 4: God is the one who put the desires in you. 290 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 4: God is the one that caused the manna to cease. 291 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 4: It was good for a season, but you weren't made 292 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 4: to live off a manna. You have to say goodbye 293 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 4: to the familiar if you're going to keep moving forward. 294 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,479 Speaker 4: It doesn't mean that people are bad, but everyone is 295 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 4: not supposed to be in your life forever. And when 296 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 4: God closes a door, the longer we hold on, the 297 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 4: more miserable we're going to be. When the manna stops. 298 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 4: For that certain position, you know you're supposed to step up. 299 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 4: You've got bigger things in you, but you're afraid. The 300 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 4: problem is the grace for that old position is not 301 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 4: going to be there. God has moved on. The favor 302 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 4: is waiting for you at your next assignment. You have 303 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 4: to stretch, get out of your comfort zone. If you'll 304 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 4: say goodbye to the familiar, you'll see the new things 305 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 4: that God has in store. This is what I did. 306 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 4: I worked behind the scenes here at Lakewood for seventeen years. 307 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 4: I thought that's what I do the rest of my life. 308 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 4: I was happy and fulfilled. But in nineteen ninety nine, 309 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 4: my father went to be with the Lord and everything 310 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 4: changed for me. I knew I was supposed to step 311 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 4: up and pastor the church, but I liked being behind 312 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 4: the scenes, I was comfortable, didn't want to have to 313 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 4: get out in front of people. When my father was alive, 314 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 4: it was easy, like with the children of Israel. The 315 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 4: mana came to me every morning. But when Daddy passed, 316 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 4: it was like the manna ceased. He was gone. Nothing 317 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 4: I could do to bring him back. Sometimes God will 318 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 4: close a door no matter how much we don't like it. 319 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 4: It's not going to reopen. The good news is God 320 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 4: never ceases the manna unless he has greater provision coming. 321 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 4: He never closes the door if he's not going to 322 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 4: open up another door. But too often we're trying to 323 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 4: hold on to old manna, old friendships, old attitudes, old positions. 324 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 4: When God ceases that manna, it means he's about to 325 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,239 Speaker 4: do a new thing. You have to let go of 326 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 4: the old. What's interesting is the manna God gave the 327 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 4: Israelites was only good for one day. They could gather 328 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,959 Speaker 4: up enough for three or four days, but in twenty 329 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 4: four hours it would spoil. It wouldn't last. When we 330 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 4: try to hold on to old manna, what God used 331 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 4: to do, a friendship that was good for a season 332 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 4: but not now, a job where we're not fulfilled, all 333 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 4: that manna is spoiled. You're not growing, it's not feeding 334 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:10,400 Speaker 4: you anymore. Maybe in your career, what used to challenge 335 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 4: you doesn't challenge you anymore. You hear God telling you 336 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 4: to stretch, to take steps of faith. You wonder why 337 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 4: you're not fulfilled, why you're not growing. It's because that 338 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 4: manna is old. God has freshness. He's a god of 339 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 4: new beginnings. Yes, the manna was fine for a season. 340 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 4: It brought you to the Promised Land. It sustained you 341 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,439 Speaker 4: while you were learning. But at some point the manna 342 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 4: is going to cease. That's when you have to prepare 343 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 4: your own food. You have to step up to who 344 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:47,679 Speaker 4: you were created to be. When my father passed, I 345 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 4: was afraid, but I did what I'm asking you to do. 346 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,360 Speaker 4: I got out of my comfort zone. I said goodbye 347 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 4: to the familiar. I stepped up to pastor the church. 348 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 4: God has taking me further than I ever imagine. But 349 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 4: had my father not gone to be with the Lord, 350 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,359 Speaker 4: had that manner not ceased, I would have never made 351 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 4: it into my promised Land. You don't have to lose 352 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 4: a loved one, but there will be times that God 353 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 4: ceases good things in your life. You don't feel like 354 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 4: you have the favor that you used to stay encouraged. 355 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 4: That means you're about to step up to a new level. 356 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 4: God is taking you from glory to glory. What you 357 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 4: were satisfied with was one level of glory. It was 358 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 4: just temporary provision. God's about to take it to a 359 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 4: new level of glory where you see favor and increase 360 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 4: like you've never seen. God told the prophet Elijah to 361 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 4: go down to the brook Cherith and the ravens would 362 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:54,880 Speaker 4: feed him there. Elijah arrived at the brook, he had provision. 363 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 4: Week after week, he didn't have to go get the food. 364 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 4: Every day clockwork. The ravens came to him. He had 365 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 4: home delivery before Domino's. I'm sure he thought, it doesn't 366 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 4: get any better than this. God, you treat me so good. 367 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 4: For months, the ravens kept coming. He was blessed. He 368 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 4: knew God's favor was on him. He was comfortable. But 369 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:23,959 Speaker 4: one day the brook dried up and the ravens quit coming. 370 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 4: God said, Elijah, now I want you to go to 371 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 4: the city of Zero Path. I have a widow that's 372 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 4: going to take care of you. Eliza could have thought 373 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 4: that couldn't be God. He's blessed me here. I've seen 374 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 4: his favor almost stay where I am. He could have 375 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 4: held on to the old The problem is the brook 376 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 4: dried up, the ravens quit coming. Why it was temporary provision. 377 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 4: Elijah went to the city of Zira Path. That's where 378 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,679 Speaker 4: his ministry began. He saw some of the greatest miracles 379 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 4: ever recorded in the scripture. It's not a coincidence that 380 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:06,640 Speaker 4: it happened after the brook dried up, after the man 381 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 4: As ceased, when it looked like he didn't have God's 382 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 4: favor and blessing like he used to. Actually, that was 383 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 4: a sign he was about to step in to a 384 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 4: new level of his destiny. Are you discouraged because the 385 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 4: brook dried up? Are you frustrated because the man As ceased? 386 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 4: Things are not happening like they used to. What you 387 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 4: don't realize is God is positioning you for increase. It 388 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 4: looks like a setback, but really it's a setup. He's 389 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 4: about to do something that you've never seen. The brook 390 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 4: drying up is not the end. It's a sign that 391 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:51,360 Speaker 4: greater provision is coming, greater opportunity, greater influence. Don't complain 392 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 4: about the brook. Get ready for the new things God 393 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:58,160 Speaker 4: is about to do. Thank him. When you don't see 394 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 4: any sign of water, keep believing even when the doors closed, 395 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 4: keep stretching, doing the right thing. The brook may have 396 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 4: dried up, but what you can't see is a flood 397 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 4: of God's favor is headed your way. In two thousand 398 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 4: and six, a friend of mine had a dream to 399 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 4: put the Bible on computer. He developed a website where 400 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 4: the Bible was available and you could write notes out 401 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 4: to the side. Like a traditional print Bible. You could 402 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 4: pull out passages and send to other people a lot 403 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,959 Speaker 4: of features that had not been available. He thought it 404 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 4: was a good idea, but the first month only twenty 405 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 4: thousand people visited the site. And that was fine, but 406 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 4: they were hoping for a lot more. There was very 407 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 4: little engagement. He and his team has spent a lot 408 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 4: of time and money. After a year, they were ready 409 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 4: to shut it down. It wasn't worth the effort. Two 410 00:25:56,200 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 4: weeks before they pulled the plug, he had another idea. 411 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 4: What if instead of making a website with the Bible, 412 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 4: they made the Bible available on a mobile phone. That way, 413 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 4: everybody would have the Bible where they went. He was 414 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 4: a little concerned about how such a big book could 415 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,920 Speaker 4: fit on a tiny screen, but something on the inside 416 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,400 Speaker 4: felt right. Two thousand and eight, he and his team 417 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 4: designed and built a mobile website for the Bible. Not 418 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:32,959 Speaker 4: long after that, Apple announced the opportunity to develop what 419 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 4: we now know are apps for our phone. My friend 420 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 4: submitted his app. It was approved and available the first 421 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 4: day the app store launched on Apple. They were hoping 422 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 4: for eighty thousand downloads the first year, but in three 423 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 4: days they had eighty three thousand downloads. Today, the U 424 00:26:55,800 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 4: version Bible app, developed by my friend Bobby Gruenwald, has 425 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 4: been downloaded on over four hundred million phones in every 426 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 4: country of the world. What's interesting is the success came 427 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 4: after the brook dried up, after the mana ceased, when 428 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 4: Bobby was tempted to give up. Sometimes God will shut 429 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 4: the door to push us into our promised land. He 430 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 4: ceases the mana because it's only temporary provision. Yes, it 431 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 4: could sustain us, but what God has in mind is 432 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:36,400 Speaker 4: much bigger, much better. Now. Maybe the manna has ceased 433 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 4: in some area of your life. You're tempted to give 434 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 4: up on a dream, lose your passion, like with him, 435 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 4: it means greater provision is coming. The brook drying up 436 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,120 Speaker 4: is God getting you in position for something that you've 437 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 4: never seen. Now, this is not the time to get discouraged. 438 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 4: This is the time to get ready, stir your faith. 439 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 4: You are close to your promised land. If you will 440 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 4: do this, I believe and declare, like Elijah, like with Bobby, 441 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 4: doors are about to open that no man can shut. 442 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 4: New opportunities. Favor, promotion, healing, the fullness of your destiny 443 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 4: in Jesus's name, and if you receive it, can you 444 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 4: say amen? Today I'd like to give you an opportunity 445 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 4: to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you 446 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 4: pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of 447 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 4: my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my 448 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 4: Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, we 449 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 4: believe you got born again. 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