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This is 31 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 4: not an offer to buy yourself security s noor is 32 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 4: it investment, legal or tax advice. 33 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 5: Hi, this is Victoria. 34 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,839 Speaker 6: Thank you so much for downloading this podcast. I believe 35 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 6: God has amazing things in your future. I hope you 36 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 6: enjoy this message. I just want to encourage you today 37 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 6: that you have the power of the living God on 38 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 6: the inside of you. 39 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 3: Do you ever get tired of hearing. 40 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 6: I don't either, and I think we constantly need to 41 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 6: be reminded that God's power lives in us. You see, 42 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 6: you're equipped this morning, and I want to announce that 43 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 6: you're equipped for your unique assignment. 44 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 3: God has left nothing. 45 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 6: Out that you're going to need for anything that He's 46 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 6: called you to do. 47 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 3: And not only has he thought about you. 48 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 6: I liked what Cindy said that his thoughts for you, 49 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 6: his plans for you, are good. See, he thought about us. 50 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 6: He knew our assignment, and he put everything in us 51 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 6: that we would need, every gift, every talent, our personalities, 52 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 6: our dispositions, everything is just right. And then he did 53 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 6: something one step greater. He put his power in us. 54 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 6: He put his power in us. So you have the 55 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 6: Living God on the inside of you if you're a 56 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 6: believer today. 57 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 3: So I don't want you to feel ordinary, because we 58 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 3: all do. Sometimes it's just an ordinary life. We go 59 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 3: to work, we. 60 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 6: Come home, we eat dinner, we do it again. 61 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 3: We get up in the morning, we go mow the lawn, 62 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 3: we do this, we do. 63 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 6: It can feel ordinary. But I want to tell you something. 64 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 6: God didn't save you. He didn't call you, He didn't 65 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 6: choose you to be ordinary. He called you to be extraordinary. 66 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 6: And you got to understand, because you have the Living God, 67 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 6: you are extraordinary. You are set apart. You're called by 68 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 6: God and He has assignments for you to do. You See, 69 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 6: it's so interesting because sometimes people don't recognize the call 70 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 6: of God on our life. They don't understand the call 71 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 6: of God or like I said, we may feel ordinary, 72 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 6: we wonder if we're accomplishing what God even wants us 73 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 6: to accomplish. See, so often we determine the power of 74 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 6: God within us by what's going on around us. 75 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 2: You See, if I was. 76 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 6: Maybe doing a little better, if God liked me a 77 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 6: little more, this wouldn't be happening. Or maybe if I 78 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 6: could just get a little closer to God, I wouldn't 79 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 6: be going through this trial. But can I tell you something, 80 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 6: that's the way man looks at things. In fact, God 81 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 6: told the prophet Samuel, he said, you're gonna anoint the 82 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 6: next king of Israel. And I want you to know 83 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,679 Speaker 6: this one thing about this anointing. You're gonna anoint the man. 84 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 5: That I call. 85 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 6: But I don't want you to begin to look for 86 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 6: what you think would be the king. I don't want 87 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 6: you to look for the man that's the right height, 88 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 6: the man that's in a certain position, the man that 89 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 6: has the talents that you think would make a good king, 90 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 6: he said, because I don't look at things that way. 91 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 6: That's the way you look at things, he said, you 92 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 6: look from the outside. You respond to life from the outside. 93 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 6: But see, I am a God of the inside. Man 94 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 6: looks on the outside, but God. 95 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 5: Looks on the heart. 96 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 6: See, you're qualified today because God chose you to be qualified. 97 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 6: He looked at your heart and he said, that's my child. 98 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 6: You know what I love about that is that God 99 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 6: is the God of second chances. God is always inside 100 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 6: of us, working from the inside out. He's working on 101 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 6: our thoughts, he's working on our actions. He's working all 102 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 6: the time. God never sleeps, he never slumbers. He's always 103 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 6: at work in the heart of a believer. David said 104 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 6: it like this, He said, you teach me wisdom in 105 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:53,239 Speaker 6: my inner most parts. That's where you're speaking to me God, 106 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 6: in my inner most parts. You see, God communicates with 107 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 6: us in our inner most parts. And I want to 108 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 6: remind you today that you house the greatest power in 109 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 6: the universe. I don't want you to neglect or not 110 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 6: protect what's on the inside of you. 111 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 3: You're not ordinary, you're extraordinary. You walk with humility. 112 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 7: Because you know the God that you serve. But He 113 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 7: hasn't made you like anybody else. He's separated you. So 114 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 7: I just want you to get this in your heart today. 115 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 6: Because I think when we realize what we carry will 116 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 6: protect what we carry, will acknowledge what we carry, will 117 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 6: allow what we carry to teach us wisdom and our 118 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 6: innermost parts. We'll understand that we don't have to react 119 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 6: to the boss when he's putting us down, when he's 120 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 6: trying to make us feel less than. We can understand 121 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 6: that the critics don't have to define us because God 122 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 6: is teaching te us all the while in our inmost parts. 123 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 6: I want to just use one of the greatest mothers. 124 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 6: Since it's Mother's Day, right, I want to talk about 125 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 6: one of the greatest mothers in the Bible. In fact, 126 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 6: this mother was the first mother that God lived in, 127 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 6: the first mother that God lived in. 128 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 5: Her name is Mary. You know Mary. 129 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 6: You know the story of Mary. She was the mother 130 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 6: of Jesus. She was a young girl. She was about 131 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 6: to get married to the man of her dreams. Now, 132 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 6: somebody might not think she was anything special if they 133 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 6: looked on her from the outside. They couldn't say she's 134 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 6: just a girl. She has a lot to learn. But 135 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 6: you see, God wasn't looking at Mary's outside. 136 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 3: He wasn't even looking. 137 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 6: At Mary's plans. He was looking at Mary's heart, and 138 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 6: he had a unique assignment for Mary. See that's so 139 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 6: interesting because God wasn't concerned about mary plans. God wasn't 140 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 6: concerned that she was about to get married. The invitations 141 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 6: were already out, the caterers were coming, the venue was 142 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 6: already paid for. 143 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 3: You see, he wasn't looking at all that. 144 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 6: He was looking at her heart, and he had a 145 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 6: special assignment for her. 146 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 3: Have you ever been interrupted by God? 147 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 5: Well? Mary was interrupted. 148 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 6: The Angel came to her and announced that she was 149 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 6: a highly favored woman and that she would give birth. 150 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 5: To a son. She said, how can this be. 151 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 3: I'm a virgin, I've never known a man. 152 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 6: And he said, the Holy Spirit will come upon you, 153 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 6: and God will empower you to bring forth this son. 154 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 6: You see, that's what happens when you know who you are. 155 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 6: You know you got God on the inside of you. 156 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 6: He empowers you so you can bring forth the things 157 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 6: on this earth that He wants you to do, the 158 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 6: plans that he's already established. 159 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 8: See. 160 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 6: I don't know how it all works, but I can 161 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 6: tell you that God is always working. 162 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 3: He's always working. 163 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 6: And you know, Mary, instead of giving a lot of excuses, 164 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 6: say can we do this a little bit later. It's 165 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 6: kind of inconvenient. God, God I've been waiting for this 166 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 6: man a long time. 167 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 2: You don't know. 168 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 6: All my girlfriends got the man. I've been waiting for 169 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 6: this man a long time, Mary said, being unto me, 170 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 6: as you said, she literally made a decision that she 171 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 6: was going to embrace the seed that God had just 172 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 6: planted the seed to promise, and that she was going 173 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 6: to accept it, no matter if it interrupted her plans 174 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 6: or not, no matter how difficult it was. She said, 175 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 6: I'm going. 176 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 5: All the way with God. And I love that about Mary. 177 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 6: And as I was reading the story about Mary, I 178 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 6: just want to get to some practical things that Mary did, 179 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 6: and I think these things can help us. We've heard 180 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 6: them before, but you know, we think that Mary just 181 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 6: had it easy. Oh Mary, You know she she was 182 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 6: chosen by God to have the Son of God. So 183 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 6: I'm sure you know she had everything she needed. 184 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 5: But can I tell you it was rough. It was 185 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 5: rough to birth the promise of God. It was rough 186 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 5: to do what God had called her to do. But 187 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 5: God said she was favored and highly blessed. 188 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 3: So I guarantee you she was favored and highly blessed. 189 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 6: No matter how difficult it was, no matter how many 190 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 6: battles she had to fight, no matter how many times 191 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 6: she had to talk herself into it, because God said 192 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 6: she was blessed and highly favored. And God says, you 193 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 6: are blessed and highly favored. You are blessed and highly favored. 194 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 6: You may be going through some difficult times right now, 195 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 6: your plans may be interrupted, But I want you to 196 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 6: hear that loud and clear. God chose to live in Mary, 197 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 6: and God chose to live in you. 198 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 5: God chose to live in you. 199 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 3: That's powerful. 200 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 5: That's power. 201 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 6: Because Mary fulfilled her assignment and brought fulfillment to the scriptures. 202 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 5: God chose to live in his people. 203 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 6: I believe that was a foreshadowing of what God wants 204 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 6: to do in the earth. 205 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 5: He wants to live in his people. 206 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 6: But as soon as Mary accepted that seed of promise, 207 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 6: the scripture says that she immediately went to her cousin 208 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 6: Elizabeth's house. Now, her cousin, Elizabeth was married to a 209 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 6: man named Zachariah, and they were promised, even in her 210 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 6: very old age, that she would have a baby. She 211 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 6: was pregnant with her baby when Elizabeth got there. And 212 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 6: when Elizabeth saw Mary, the scripture should that she immediately 213 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 6: began to encourage Mary. She immediately began to speak faith 214 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 6: into Mary. Now where am I going with this, because 215 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 6: that was a long time ago. 216 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 5: But let me tell you what I believe God. 217 00:11:59,120 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 3: Is showing us. 218 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 6: Thing He is showing us when he puts a seed 219 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 6: of promise in you, you need to protect that seed 220 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 6: to promise. 221 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 3: You need to get it into an environment that it 222 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 3: can grow. 223 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 6: You need to get into a good church where the 224 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 6: people know what God does and they can speak encouragement 225 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 6: to your heart. Because that's exactly where. 226 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 5: God had Mary go. 227 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 6: He had her in an environment where that environment knew 228 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 6: the power of God. You know, it's interesting, and this 229 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 6: is just a side note, but I don't know if 230 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,199 Speaker 6: y'all find this as interesting as I did. But the 231 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 6: Bible says that Mary was at Elizabeth's house. 232 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 5: For three months. 233 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 6: You know, it's interesting because when a woman gets pregnant, 234 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 6: that twelve week period is very crucial. Many times you 235 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 6: can miscarrie before that twelve weeks. In fact, you know, 236 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 6: some people don't even like to announce that they're pregnant 237 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 6: until after the twelve weeks because that kind of is 238 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 6: a safe zone. And you know, okay, it's it's probably 239 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 6: gonna be okay. And I get to thinking, isn't that 240 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 6: interesting that God had her there for twelve weeks? See, 241 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 6: he didn't want her to miscarry the seed. See, he 242 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 6: wanted to keep that seed in an environment that it 243 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 6: could grow in a strong foundation. To think about what 244 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 6: God said to you. Think about the dreams He's put 245 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 6: in your heart. Think about him being on the inside 246 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 6: of you. What environment do you put yourself in? Do 247 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 6: you let people talk down to you? Do you put 248 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 6: yourself in an environment that God wouldn't want. 249 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 5: To be in? Are you careful? 250 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 3: Do you protect it? 251 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 2: You? 252 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 6: See, there were many naysayers when Mary showed up pregnant. 253 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,719 Speaker 6: See she was a virgin and God did an immaculate 254 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 6: birth in her, but the people didn't recognize it. I'm 255 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 6: sure they were saying, did you hear about Mary and 256 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,199 Speaker 6: Joe's go weddings? 257 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 4: Off? 258 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 5: What's Mary been doing? 259 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 6: But you see, God took her out of that environment 260 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 6: and he put her into a protective environment. And I 261 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 6: just wanted to suggest to you and I today that 262 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:23,479 Speaker 6: we've begin to put what's in us in a protected environment. 263 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 6: It's not easy to birth the promises of God. Listen, 264 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 6: Mary had to go out of her way. Mary had 265 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 6: to change her plans. Mary had to do some things 266 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 6: that maybe a lot of people wouldn't want to do, 267 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 6: but Mary was willing to see this thing to the end. 268 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 6: It also says that Mary treasured up all of. 269 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 5: These things and pondered them in her heart. 270 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 6: See that tells me that Mary fought discouragement, that Mary 271 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 6: fought the critics, that Mary fought the hardships by pondering 272 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 6: all of this in our heart by just imagining and 273 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 6: talking to God about all that was about to happen 274 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 6: and all that. 275 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 5: Would happen in the future. And see, that's what we 276 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 5: need to do. 277 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 6: We need to not just run around telling everybody our 278 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 6: problems now. 279 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 3: Just try to get man to fix us. Oh can 280 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 3: you help me? 281 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 6: Now? We need to ponder what God has spoken to us, 282 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 6: get his word, build a foundation of truth so that 283 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 6: when we go out to birth what God is putting 284 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 6: in us, we'll withstand the challenges that are out there. 285 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 6: You know what, this is Mother's Day and I just 286 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 6: want to honor Mary. I want to just say, Mary, 287 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 6: God saw your heart, you saw it through you fulfill 288 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 6: the scriptures, and I just honor the fact that God 289 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 6: chose Mary among. 290 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 5: All the women. She was qualified. 291 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 6: And can I tell you that God has chose you 292 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 6: among all the people, and He's qualified you. He's chose 293 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 6: to live in you today just like he lived in Mary. 294 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 6: Protect what He's given you, birth what He's put in you, 295 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 6: and I believe you'll see God do the impossible just 296 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 6: like Mary did. 297 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 5: Amen. 298 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 3: Amen, here's an awesome God. 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